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Psalms 124:4

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

KJV

benefac, Domine, bonis, et rectis corde.

Vulgate

ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ·

LXX

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

ASV

אֲ֭זַי הַ/מַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּ/נוּ נַ֗֜חְלָ/ה עָבַ֥ר עַל נַפְשֵֽׁ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲ֭זַי
'zy
adverb · 3×
י
y
noun · 752×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
שָׁטַ֣ף
shtp
verb · 31×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 22:17 — He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
  • Isa 8:7 — Now 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
  • Isa 59:19 — So 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.
  • Jer 46:7 — Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
  • Job 22:11 — Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
  • Ps 18:4 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
  • Ps 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
  • Ps 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
  • Ps 69:2 — I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Ps 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
  • Ps 69:15 — Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
  • Rev 12:15 — And 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.
  • Rev 17:15 — And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.