Psaume 124:3

3 Ils nous auraient engloutis tout vivants, Quand leur colère s'enflamma contre nous;

Psaume 124:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 124:3

Then they had swallowed us up quick
Or "alive"; as the earth swallowed up Korah and his company; or as the fish swallowed up Jonah; or rather as ravenous beasts swallow their prey; to which the allusion is. The people of God are comparable to sheep and lambs, and such like innocent creatures: and the wicked to lions, tigers, wolves, bears, and such like beasts of prey that devour living creatures;

when their wrath was kindled against us;
which is cruel and outrageous; there is no standing against it, nor before it; it is like a fierce flame of fire that burns furiously, and there is no stopping it; none but God can restrain it.

Psaume 124:3 In-Context

1 Cantique des degrés. De David. Sans l'Eternel qui nous protégea, Qu'Israël le dise!

2 Sans l'Eternel qui nous protégea, Quand les hommes s'élevèrent contre nous,

3 Ils nous auraient engloutis tout vivants, Quand leur colère s'enflamma contre nous;

4 Alors les eaux nous auraient submergés, Les torrents auraient passé sur notre âme;

5 Alors auraient passé sur notre âme Les flots impétueux.