Psalms 124:3
Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
In Context
2Save [for] Jehovah — who hath been for us, In the rising up of man against us,
4Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, 'Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother?
Esther 3:12And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who [are] over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,
Psalms 35:25They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'
Psalms 57:3He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached — who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.
Psalms 76:10For the fierceness of man praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on.
Psalms 83:5For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,
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 →