Psalms 124:3
1 If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
2 if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
4 then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
- KJV
- Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
- WEB
- then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
- ASV
- Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
- DARBY
- Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
- BLB
- then they would have swallowed us alive, in the burning of their anger against us;
- ÅB
- da hadde de slukt oss levende, da deres vrede var tent opp imot oss,
- OTB
- Da ville de ha slukt oss helt,
Da deres vrede brant heftig mot oss; - B1930
- da hadde de slukt oss levende, da deres vrede var optendt imot oss,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 57:3
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
Read in contextMatthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Read in contextEsther 3:12–13
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
Read in contextNumbers 16:30–34
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
Read in contextActs 9:2
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Read in contextPsalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Read in contextPsalms 27:2
When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
Read in contextDaniel 3:19
At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
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