New Living Translation
Psalms 124:4
4The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
Psalms 124:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
- New International Version (NIV)the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
- English Standard Version (ESV)then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
Context of Psalms 124:4
2What if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us? 3They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger. The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us. 5Yes, the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives. 6Praise the Lord, who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
Read all of Psalms 124Psalms 124:4 word by word
אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 124:4
- Psalms 18:4The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.
- Psalms 42:7I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
- Psalms 69:15Don’t let the floods overwhelm me, or the deep waters swallow me, or the pit of death devour me.
- Isaiah 8:7Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels
- Isaiah 28:2For the Lord will send a mighty army against it. Like a mighty hailstorm and a torrential rain, they will burst upon it like a surging flood and smash it to the ground.
- Isaiah 59:19In the west, people will respect the name of the Lord; in the east, they will glorify him. For he will come like a raging flood tide driven by the breath of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 46:7“Who is this, rising like the Nile at floodtime, overflowing all the land?
- Daniel 9:26“After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.
- Revelation 12:15Then the dragon tried to drown the woman with a flood of water that flowed from his mouth.
- Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels who had poured out the seven bowls came over and spoke to me. “Come with me,” he said, “and I will show you the judgment that is going to come on the great prostitute, who rules over many waters.
Commentaries on Psalms 124:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Then the waters had overwhelmed us - Our destruction would have been as if the waves of the ocean had overwhelmed us. The stream had gone over our soul - The torrent would have swept us away. Compare Psalm 18:4, Psalm 18:16.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5the raging waters: The enemies could have defeated the Israelites and destroyed them if the Lord had not supported his people (compare Psalm 69:15; Jeremiah 46:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. (Compare Psa 18:4, 16).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 124
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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