Psalm 124:5

5 es gingen Wasser allzu hoch über unsre Seele.

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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 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.
6 Gelobet sei der HERR, daß er uns nicht gibt zum Raub in ihre Zähne!
7 Unsre Seele ist entronnen wie ein Vogel dem Stricke des Voglers; der Strick ist zerrissen, wir sind los.
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