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Psalms 124:4–5

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Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
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From verse 4

  1. Psalms 69:15Rank 1 from verse 4
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    15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  2. Revelation 17:15Rank 2 from verse 4
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    15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

  3. Revelation 12:15–16Rank 3 from verse 4
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    15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

    16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

  4. Isaiah 59:19Rank 4 from verse 4
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    19So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

  5. Isaiah 8:7–8Rank 5 from verse 4
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    7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

    8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

From verse 5

  1. Jeremiah 5:22Rank 1 from verse 5
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    22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

  2. Job 38:11Rank 2 from verse 5
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    11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

  3. Psalms 93:3–4Rank 3 from verse 5
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    3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

    4The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

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Psalms 124:4

COMBINED MEANING

overwhelmed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of overwhelm, meaning to overpower or bear down.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 124:5

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gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

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5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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

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