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Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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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19th Century
Anglican
Waters. —The sudden transition in the imagery from the earthquake to the flood is characteristic of Hebrew poetry. (For the flood,…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
The waters had then overwhelmed us. He embellishes the preceding sentiment with an elegant metaphor, comparing the dreadful impetuosity of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the waters had overwhelmed usPeople, comparable to waters for their multitude, Strength, force, and impetuosity…
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…
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