Psalms 124:6

"Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 124:6, the image of "proud waters" overwhelming one's soul symbolizes the threat of overwhelming trials or adversities that could crush one's spirit. This metaphor highlights how divine protection prevents such calamities from overtaking the faithful, emphasizing God’s intervention in protecting His people from overwhelming difficulties.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Blessed be the Lord -The Lord be praised; or, We have reason to praise the Lord because we have been delivered from these calamities. Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth -The figure is here changed, though the same idea is retained. The imago is now that of destruction by wild beasts - a form of destruction not less fearful than that which comes from overflowing waters. Such changes of imagery constantly occur in the Book of Psalms, and in impassioned poetry everywhere. The mind is full of a subject; numerous illustrations occur in the rapidity of thought; and the mind seizes upon one and then upon another as best suited to express the emotions of the soul.

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