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Psalms 124:5

124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

What does Psalms 124:5 mean?

Psalms 124:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֲזַי (ʼăzay), זֵידוֹן (zêydôwn), מַיִם (mayim).

Hebrew interlinear

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Thenאֲזַיʼăzay/az-ah'ee/H233at that time
the
proudזֵידוֹןzêydôwn/zay-dohn'/H2121boiling of water, i.e. wave
watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
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 124:5.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 8:1

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

Genesis 9:15

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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What does Psalms 124:5 say?

Psalms 124:5 (King James Version) reads: "Then the proud waters had gone over our soul."

Is Psalms 124:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 124:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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