Psalm 124:3

3 so verschlängen sie uns lebendig, wenn ihr Zorn über uns ergrimmte;

Psalm 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.

Psalm 124:3 In-Context

1 Ein Loblied im höhern Chor. Wo der HERR nicht bei uns wäre, so sage Israel,

2 wo der HERR nicht bei uns wäre, wenn die Menschen sich wider uns setzen:

3 so verschlängen sie uns lebendig, wenn ihr Zorn über uns ergrimmte;

4 so ersäufte uns Wasser, Ströme gingen über unsre Seele;

5 es gingen Wasser allzu hoch über unsre Seele.