Psalms 124:4
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
BSB
ASV
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
KJV
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the waters had overwhelmed us. Rising irresistibly, like the Nile, the flood of opposition would soon have rolled over our heads. Across the mighty waste of waters we should have cast an anxious eye, but looked in vain for escape. The motto of a royal house is, "Tossed about but not submerged": we should have needed an epitaph rather than an epigram, for we should have been driven by the torrent and sunken, never to rise again. The stream had gone over our soul. The rushing torrent would have drowned our soul, our hope, our life.
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Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
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Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
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Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
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Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.