Psalms 124:4

2 if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3 when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.

6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
KJV
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
WEB
then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
ASV
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
DARBY
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;
BLB
then the waters would have engulfed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;
ÅB
da hadde vannene overskyllet oss, en strøm var gått over vår sjel,
OTB
Da ville vannet ha flommet over oss,
Strømmen ville ha feid over vår sjel;
B1930
da hadde vannene overskyllet oss, en strøm var gått over vår sjel,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 17:15

    Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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  • Psalms 69:15

    Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

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  • Revelation 12:15–16

    Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.

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  • Isaiah 8:7–8

    the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

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  • Psalms 69:2

    I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

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  • Jeremiah 46:7–8

    Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?

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  • Psalms 32:6

    Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

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  • Isaiah 59:19

    So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

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