Psalms 124:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 124:3

1 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our ^aside,”
^bLet Israel now say—

2 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,

3 Then they would have ^aswallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have¹ gone over our soul;

5 Then the swollen waters
Would have¹ gone over our soul.”

6 Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

7 ^aOur soul has escaped ^bas a bird from the snare of the¹ fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Verse Comparison: Psalms 124:3

American Standard Version
Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

Amplified® Bible
Then they would have quickly swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us;

Contemporary English Version
would have killed us all, because it was furious.

Darby English Version
Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

Good News Bible
then they would have swallowed us alive in their furious anger against us;

King James Version
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

New American Standard Bible
Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

New International Version
when their anger flared against us,
they would have swallowed us alive;

New King James Version
Then they would have swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger kindled against us;

Revised Standard Version
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

Young's Literal Translation
Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,

New English Translation
they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.