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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 124:1-4
    4 verses
    94%

    1 A song of ascents. If the Lord had not been on our side—let Israel now say—

    2 if the Lord had not been on our side when people rose up against us,

    3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

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

  • Ps 123:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

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

    4 Our souls have had more than enough of the mocking of the complacent, and the contempt of the arrogant.

  • Ps 124:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

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

    7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • 5 I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

  • Ps 69:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 For the choir director: A song to be sung to the tune of 'Lilies.' A psalm of David.

    2 Save me, God, because the waters have come up to my neck.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 26 They rose up to the heavens, then they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their distress.

  • 10 But You blew with Your wind, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  • 14 They come in as through a wide breach; chaos rolls in like a wave under the crash of destruction.

  • 3 He said, 'I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. From the depths of the grave, I cried out, and You heard my voice.'

  • 6 He turned the sea into dry land; they crossed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in Him.

  • 17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep waters.

  • 16 With Your mighty arm, You redeemed Your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

  • 12 You caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us out to abundance.

  • Ps 93:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 11 The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.

  • 53 He led them safely, so they were unafraid, but the sea covered their enemies.

  • 5 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps.

  • 16 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from Your nostrils.

  • 14 O God, arrogant people have risen against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set You before them.

  • 4 I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies.

  • 15 Rescue me from the mud, and do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.

  • 19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from Your path.

  • 5 Hungry and thirsty, their souls grew faint within them.

  • 10 The mountains saw You and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its hands high.

  • 3 The sea saw it and fled; the Jordan turned back.

  • 3 Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth changes, and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea.

  • 25 Why do You hide Your face and forget our misery and oppression?

  • 4 My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

  • Lam 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 We must pay for the water we drink; even our wood comes at a price.

    5 We are pursued with burdens upon our necks; we are weary and find no rest.

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

  • 11 They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

  • 42 The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its roaring waves.

  • 8 By the blast of Your nostrils, the waters piled up; the flowing waters stood like a wall; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

  • 25 Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Aha, just what we wanted!' Do not let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'

  • 11 You divided the sea before them, and they passed through it on dry ground. But You cast their pursuers into the depths like a stone into mighty waters.

  • 15 You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

  • 6 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.