Psaume 124:3

3 Alors ils nous auraient engloutis vivants, quand leur colère s'enflammait 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 de Maaloth, de David. Sans l'Éternel qui fut pour nous, peut bien dire Israël,

2 Sans l'Éternel qui fut pour nous, quand les hommes s'élevaient contre nous,

3 Alors ils nous auraient engloutis vivants, quand leur colère s'enflammait contre nous.

4 Alors les eaux nous auraient submergés, un torrent eût passé sur notre âme.

5 Alors les eaux impétueuses auraient passé sur notre âme.