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Psalms 124:4

124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

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then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

What does Psalms 124:4 mean?

Psalms 124:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֲזַי (ʼăzay), מַיִם (mayim), שָׁטַף (shâṭaph).

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Thenאֲזַיʼăzay/az-ah'ee/H233at that time
the
watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
had
overwhelmedשָׁטַףshâṭaph/shaw-taf'/H7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
us,
the
streamנַחַלnachal/nakh'-al/H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
had
gone
overעָבַרʻâbar/aw-bar'/H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
our
soul:נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 124:4.

Joshua 15:7

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

Joshua 15:4

From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

Judges 5:21

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

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What does Psalms 124:4 say?

Psalms 124:4 (King James Version) reads: "Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:"

Is Psalms 124:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 124:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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