Psalm 124:5

5 then the raging waters would have come over our necks!

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 124:5 In-Context

3 then they would have swallowed us up whole with their rage burning against us!

4 Then the waters would have drowned us; the torrent would have come over our necks;

5 then the raging waters would have come over our necks!

6 Bless the LORD because he didn't hand us over like food for our enemies' teeth!

7 We escaped like a bird from the hunters' trap; the trap was broken so we escaped!