Psalms 124:5

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Then the raging waters would have passed over our soul.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 38:11 : 11 and said, 'This far you may come, but no farther; here is where your proud waves must halt.'
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The rivers have lifted up, O LORD, the rivers have lifted up their voice; the rivers lift up their roaring. 4 More than the sounds of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Should you not fear Me? declares the Lord. Should you not tremble in My presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting decree it cannot cross. Though its waves surge, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot cross it.

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