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The Imagery of the Flood
Commentators explain that the psalmist uses the powerful metaphor of a flood to describe the overwhelming danger faced by God's people. The imagery of a raging torrent that would have gone 'over our soul' is meant to convey a sense of total, unstoppable destruction, highlighting the desperation of the situation without God's help.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 124:4
18th Century
Theologian
Then the waters had overwhelmed us - Our destruction would have been as if the waves of the ocean had overwhelmed us.
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Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 124:4
19th Century
Bishop
Waters. —The sudden transition in the imagery from the earthquake to the flood is characteristic of Hebrew poetry. (For the flood,…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 124:4–5
19th Century
Preacher
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Here, in this …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 124:4
16th Century
Theologian
The waters had then overwhelmed us. He embellishes the preceding sentiment with an elegant metaphor, comparing the dreadful impetuosity of…
John Gill
On Psalms 124:4
17th Century
Pastor
Then the waters had overwhelmed us
People, comparable to waters for their multitude, Strength, force, and impetuosity…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 124:1–5
17th Century
Minister
God allows the enemies of His people sometimes to prevail greatly against them, so that His power may be more clearly seen in their deliverance. Ha…