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OET-LV Then it_had_passed over soul_our the_waters the_raging.
UHB אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃ ‡
(ʼₐzay hammayim shəţāfūnū naḩlāh ˊāⱱar ˊal-nafshēnū.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then the water would have swept us away;
⇔ the torrent would have gone over us.
UST They would have been like a flood of water sweeping us away;
⇔ it would have been as though the water had covered us,
BSB then the floods would have engulfed us,
⇔ then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
OEB Then the waters would’ve swept us away,
⇔ and the torrent passed over us clean:
WEB then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
⇔ the stream would have gone over our soul.
WMB (Same as above)
NET The water would have overpowered us;
⇔ the current would have overwhelmed us.
LSV Then the waters had overflowed us,
The stream passed over our soul,
FBV Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.
T4T They would have been like [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away;
⇔ it would have been as though the water would have covered us,
LEB • the torrent would have passed over our soul.
BBE We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
Moff the floods would have swept us away,
⇔ the streams would have surged over us,
JPS Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;
ASV Then the waters had overwhelmed us,
⇔ The stream had gone over our soul;
DRA Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.
YLT Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,
Drby Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;
RV Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Wbstr Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
KJB-1769 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
KJB-1611 Then the waters had ouerwhelmed vs; the streame had gone ouer our soule.
(Then the waters had ouerwhelmed us; the streame had gone over our soule.)
Bshps Then the waters had drowned vs: the running streame had flowed ouer our soule.
(Then the waters had drowned us: the running streame had flowed over our soule.)
Gnva Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:
(Then the waters had drowned us, and the streame had gone over our soul:)
Cvdl The depe waters of the proude had gone eue vnto oure soule.
(The depe waters of the proud had gone eue unto our soule.)
Wyc Lord, do thou wel; to good men, and of riytful herte.
(Lord, do thou/you wel; to good men, and of riytful heart.)
Luth so ersäufte uns Wasser, Ströme gingen über unsere SeeLE;
(so ersäufte us/to_us/ourselves water, Ströme gingen above unsere SeeLE;)
ClVg benefac, Domine, bonis, et rectis corde.[fn]
(benefac, Domine, bonis, and rectis corde.)
124.4 Converte, Domine. ID. Secunda pars. Precatur conversionem, quæ futura est, in qua fiet seminatio spe gaudii. ID. Aventus Domini redemptione prædicta, precantur iterum peccata sua dimitti. In generali remissione gaudent, et sibi veniam precantur. Converte, Domine, Captivitatem nostram. ID. Nulla ad litteram in diebus David, sed sub diabolo mundus captivus, etc., usque ad non ideo desistendum, quia qui seminat in lacrymis. THEOD. Austrum Hierosolymam vocat, etc., usque ad ut cogantur, et torrentis instar iter faciant.
124.4 Converte, Domine. ID. Secunda pars. Precatur conversionem, which futura it_is, in which fiet seminatio spe gaudii. ID. Aventus Master redemptione prædicta, precantur again sins his_own dimitti. In generali remissione gaudent, and sibi veniam precantur. Converte, Domine, Captivitatem nostram. ID. Nulla to litteram in days David, but under diabolo mundus captivus, etc., until to not/no ideo desistendum, because who seminat in lacrymis. THEOD. Austrum Hierosolymam vocat, etc., until to as cogantur, and torrentis instar iter faciant.
BrTr Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, and to them that are upright in heart.
BrLXX Ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ.
(Agathunon, Kurie, tois agathois kai tois euthesi taʸ kardia.)
Ps 124 This thanksgiving song describes what might happen if the Lord were not present with his people.
General Information:
(Some words not found in UHB: then the=waters engulfed,us torrent, swept on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in soul,our )
In these two verses the author compares the enemies of Israel to a flood of water.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us
(Some words not found in UHB: then the=waters engulfed,us torrent, swept on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in soul,our )
This is the end of a hypothetical statement that begins with the words “If Yahweh had not been on our side” in Psalms 124:1 and continues with the words “if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us” in Psalms 124:2. It describes a result that did not happen because Yahweh was actually on their side. “The water did not sweep us away, and the torrent did not overwhelm us because Yahweh was on our side”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
The water would have swept us away
(Some words not found in UHB: then the=waters engulfed,us torrent, swept on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in soul,our )
Here the enemies of the writer are spoken of as if they were a flood of water. Alternate translation: “Our enemies would have easily defeated us”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
the torrent would have overwhelmed us
(Some words not found in UHB: then the=waters engulfed,us torrent, swept on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in soul,our )
Here the enemies of the writer are spoken of as if they were a flood of water that would have drowned the Israelites. Alternate translation: “our enemies would have overwhelmed us”