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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 124:4

Stream] better, 'torrent,' the winter torrent familiar in Palestine. Over our soul] overwhelming the very life of the nation.

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See also Psalms 124:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN THE WATERS HAD OVERWHELMED US - Our destruction would have been as if the waves of the ocean had overwhelmed us. THE STREAM HAD GONE OVER OUR SOUL - The torrent would have swept us away. Compare...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXXIV. A SONG OF DELIVERANCE FROM FOREIGN FOES....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    STREAM. torrent, or flood. Hebrew. _nahal._ See App-67. OUR SOUL. us. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. Note the Figure of speech _Epistrophe_ (App-6) in the repetition at end of Psalms 124:5....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 715 THANKSGIVING FOR GREAT DELIVERANCE Psalms 124:1. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 124 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Sudden and Complete Deliverance Acknowledged as Jehovah's Own Work. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 124:1-5, Israel taught to Recognize and Remember the Extent of her Danger...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: THEN THE WATERS HAD OVERWHELMED US. So in David's psalm, ; , THE STREAM HAD GONE OVER OUR SOUL - rather, 'the flood,' as in : c...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 124 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WATERS. — The sudden transition in the imagery from the earthquake to the flood is characteristic of Hebrew poetry. (For the flood, see Psalms 18:4; Psalms 18:16; Psalms 69:14;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֲ֭זַי הַ מַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֝֗חְלָה עָבַ֥ר...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 124:1 A SEQUENCE may be traced connecting this with the two adjacent psalms. In Psalms 123:1, patient resignation sighed for deliverance, which here has been received and has changed the singer...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      THE CHRISTIAN'S FORTRESS Psalms 124:1-8; Psalms 125:1-5 Here are three instances of escaped peril. In Psalms 124:3 is an allusion to Korah and his company; see Numbers 16:32-33. Why are we spared...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The journey from the place of exile to the city and Temple of Jehovah has now commenced. The heart of the song is in the words: Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. Escape...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then the (c) waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: (c) He uses proper similitudes to express the great danger that the Church was in, and out of which God miraculously deliver...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Heart. This God will certainly perform. (Worthington) --- He asks not for himself alone, and leaves all to the divine disposal. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What situation soever it was the church refers to (for it is not particularly noticed), it is equally instructive to see how faith refers the whole of her deliverance to the Lord. And very sweet it is...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._The waters had then overwhelmed us. _He embellishes by an elegant metaphor the preceding sentiment, comparing the dreadful impetuosity of the enemies of the Jews to an inundation, which swallows up...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The power of the enemy had been just now (Psalms 124) fully displayed against them the godly in the land who trusted in Jehovah. But they had escaped, but only by Jehovah being on their side, or they...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN THE WATERS HAD OVERWHELMED US,.... People, comparable to waters for their multitude, Strength, force, and impetuosity; which bear down all before them, and against which there is no standing; whi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Ver. 4. _Then the waters had overwhelmed us_] As once the Red Sea did the Egyptians, or as the general deluge did the old world....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They had swallowed us up quick_ They had speedily and utterly destroyed us, as Korah and his company were, Numbers 16. _The proud waters had gone over_, &c. Our enemies, compared to proud waters for...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul, the result being a quick drowning;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LORD THE DELIVERER OF HIS CHURCH. A song of degrees of David, setting forth the assistance and deliverance of Jehovah in the midst of great dangers....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 God suffers the enemies of his people sometimes to prevail very far against them, that his power may be seen the more in their deliverance. Happy the people whose God is Jehovah, a God all-suffici...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 124:4 Then H233 waters H4325 overwhelmed H7857 (H8804) stream H5158 over H5674 (H8804) soul H5315...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 124:1. _If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: then they had swallowed us up quick,_...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 124:1. _If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;_ There is a break here, the sentence is not finished, so finish it for yourselves. If the Lord had not been on your...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David gives to God the glory of the deliverances of His people. CHARACTERS: God, Israel. CONCLUSION: God sometimes suffers the enemies of His people to prevail very far against them, that...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    REFLECTIONS. This psalm was written after a victory, when the nine nations had plotted to destroy Zion, and to extinguish the light of Israel. Poor deluded nations; little did you know the power of hi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If it had not been the Lord who was on our side._ GOD IN THE TROUBLES OF THE GOOD I. Acknowledged as the Deliverer from great troubles (Psalms 124:1). 1. The words represent the great troubles fro...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 124:1. This is a thanksgiving hymn for the community, for a time when God’s people have been under threat but have been delivered. The deliverance allows them to continue jo...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION This jubilant song speaks of a sudden peril and narrow escape, and praises God for the great deliverance. We take it to be, according to its title, a Psalm of David, not a hymn founded up...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION "A FRESH, bright lyric" (Cheyne), composed of two stanzas—the first part (Psalms 124:1) recounting a danger and a deliverance; the second (Psalms 124:6), praising God for the latter. This i...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    If it had not been the LORD who was on our side (Psalms 124:1), And, of course, I think we could all write our own psalm from this point on. If God hadn't been with me, let me tell you, you know. "If...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 9:26; Isaiah 28:2; Isaiah 59:19; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 8:8;...

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