Psalms 124:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {{Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath]. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed [ me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Ps 74:8 : 8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.
  • Ps 83:4 : 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
  • Num 16:30-34 : 30 But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah. 31 And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them; 32 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
  • 1 Sam 20:30-33 : 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done? 33 And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
  • Esth 3:12-13 : 12 Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring. [ 13 And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
  • Ps 27:2 : 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

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  • Ps 124:4-7
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    4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

    5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

    6Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

    7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

  • Ps 124:1-2
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    1[A Song of Ascents; of David]. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

    2If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

  • 12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

  • 25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Lam 3:46-47
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    46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

    47Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.

  • 11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.

  • 19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

  • 7For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.

  • Ps 106:10-11
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    10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

    11And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.

  • Ps 123:3-4
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    3Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

    4Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

  • 34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

  • 9Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

  • 19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

  • 43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

  • 5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

  • 14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me] .

  • 12Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

  • 24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

  • 53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

  • 5The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.

  • Ps 78:30-31
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    30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

    31When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

  • 11behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

  • Ps 107:5-6
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    5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

    6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,

  • 13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • 26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.

  • 20[ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

  • 17Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

  • 13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

  • 12They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

  • 6He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.

  • 1[For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath]. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

  • 2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

  • 16All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  • 10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

  • 19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • 10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.

  • 12Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

  • 32and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

  • 19To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

  • 2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

  • 3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.