Tree of Life Version
Psalms 124:5
5then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”
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 would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath burned against us. 4Then the waters would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over our soul, then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.” 6Blessed be Adonai, who has not given us as prey for their teeth. 7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the snare of the trappers— the snare is broken, and we escaped!
Read all of Psalms 124Psalms 124:5 word by word
אֲ֭זַי עָבַ֣ר עַל־נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ הַ֝מַּ֗יִם הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 124:5
- Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Adonai, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their crashing waves.
- Job 38:11when I said, ‘This far you may come, but no further; here your majestic waves will stop.’
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says Adonai. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence?’ For I made the sand a boundary of the sea, an everlasting decree that cannot be broken. Though the waves roll, they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they cannot cross 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
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