Psalms 124:4

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Then the waters would have overwhelmed us; the torrent would have swept over our being.

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  • Job 22:11 : 11 It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.
  • Ps 18:4 : 4 I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 Therefore, let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising floodwaters will not reach them.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 My God, my soul is downcast within me. Therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
  • Ps 69:2 : 2 Save me, God, because the waters have come up to my neck.
  • Ps 69:15 : 15 Rescue me from the mud, and do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.
  • Isa 8:7-8 : 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty and abundant waters of the River—the king of Assyria and all his splendor. It will overflow all its channels and spill over all its banks. 8 It will sweep into Judah, flooding and passing through; it will reach up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the entire breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
  • Isa 28:2 : 2 Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty, like a hailstorm, a destructive tempest, like a driving flood of mighty waters overflowing, He will cast it down to the ground by His hand.
  • Isa 59:19 : 19 So they will fear the name of the LORD in the west and His glory in the east, for He will come like a rushing river driven by the breath of the LORD.
  • Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that rises like the Nile, like rivers that surge and toss about? 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters surge like rivers. It says, 'I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
  • Rev 12:15-16 : 15 Then, out of his mouth, the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
  • Rev 17:1 : 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, 'Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters.'
  • Rev 17:15 : 15 Then he said to me, 'The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.'

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    5Then the raging waters would have passed over our soul.

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    54Waters flowed over my head; I thought, 'I am cut off.'

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    5For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.

    6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

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    3Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn.

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    5The deep waters covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

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    16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundation was swept away by a flood.

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