Psalms 124:5
But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: + 124:5 Or, let peace be. but peace shall be upon Israel.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
In Context
4Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, and to them that are upright in heart. 1
Cross References
Job 38:11And I said to it, Hitherto shall you come, but you shall not go beyond, but your waves shall be confined within you.
Jeremiah 5:22will you⌃ not be afraid of me? says the Lord; and will you⌃ not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yes, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 124:2-6
The Security of God's People. 1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. The people of God, being here called upon to praise God for their deliverance, are to take notice, I. Of the malice of men, by which they… Read the whole commentary →