Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 124:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.”
Psalms 124:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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:
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Blessed {be} the LORD, who hath not given us {as} a prey to their teeth.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
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