Psalms 124:4
then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
In Context
3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
5Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Psalms 32:6For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
Psalms 42:8The LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 69:15Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Isaiah 8:7now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
Isaiah 59:19So they will fear the LORD’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the LORD’s breath drives.
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 →