Psalms 124:4
Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
In Context
3Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,
5Then passed over our soul had the proud waters.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
Psalms 32:6For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.
Psalms 42:8By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 69:15Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Isaiah 8:7Therefore, lo, the Lord is bringing up on them, The waters of the river, the mighty and the great, (The king of Asshur, and all his glory,) And it hath gone up over all its streams, And hath gone on over all its banks.
Isaiah 59:19And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun — His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
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 →