Psalms 124:4

The water would have overpowered us; the current ¹  would have overwhelmed ²  us. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 124:4

the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,

biblegateway Psa 124:4

Then the waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul;

biblegateway Psa 124:4

The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.

biblegateway Psa 124:4

Swept away by the flood of rage, drowned in the torrent;

SABDAweb Psa 124:4

We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

bibleoremus Psa 124:4

then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;

biblegateway Psa 124:4

Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;

biblegateway Psa 124:4

The water would have overpowered us; the current ¹  would have overwhelmed ²  us. ³ 

¹ tn Or “stream.”

² tn Heb “would have passed over.”

³ tn Heb “our being.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).