Psalms 124:5

5 (123-5) Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

Psalms 124:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 124:5

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
] The wicked, who, through their pride, persecute the poor saints: these proud tyrants and persecutors would prevail over them, to their ruin and destruction; who, for their number, force, and strength, and especially for their pride and haughtiness, are like to the strong, boisterous, and swelling waves of the sea, were they not stopped and bounded by him who has said, Thus far shall ye go, and no farther, ( Job 38:11 ) .

Psalms 124:5 In-Context

3 (123-3) Perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,

4 (123-4) Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

5 (123-5) Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

6 (123-6) Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.

7 (123-7) Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.