Psalms 124:5

5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

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 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us; the flood would have gone over our soul;

5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 Blessed be the LORD, who did not give us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has broken, and we are escaped.