Psalms 124:5

5 They would have swept us away like a mighty stream.

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 When they were angry with us, they would have swallowed us alive.

4 They would have been like a flood drowning us; they would have poured over us like a river.

5 They would have swept us away like a mighty stream.

6 Praise the Lord, who did not let them chew us up.

7 We escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap broke, and we escaped.