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Selected Verse: Psalms 124:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 124:4 |
King James |
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Psa 18:4, Psa 18:16). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Then 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 Psa 18:4, Psa 18:16. |
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.