Psalms 124:5

Psalms 124:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
• New International Version (NIV)the raging waters would have swept us away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then over us would have gone the raging waters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.”

Context of Psalms 124:5

3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 6Blessed be Yhwh, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Psalms 124:5 word by word

אֲ֭זַי עָבַ֣ר עַל־נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ הַ֝מַּ֗יִם הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Thenאֲזַי'ăzay · in that caseH233
• the proudזֵידוֹןzêydôn · ragingH2121
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• had gone overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• our soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315

Cross-references for Psalms 124:5

• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Yhwh, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
• Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
• Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith Yhwh: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Commentaries on Psalms 124:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Then the proud waters - The proud Haman had nearly brought the flood of desolation over our lives.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul - Over us. The word proud here is applied to the waters as if raging, swelling, rolling, tumultuous; as if they were self-confident, arrogant, haughty. Such raging billows, as they break and dash upon the shore, are a striking embIem of human passions, whether in an individual, or in a gathering of men - as an army, or a mob. Compare Psalm 65:7. This is again an amplification, or an ascent of thought. See the…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

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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