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Psalm 124:4
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4 [a]The waters would have washed us away,
    the torrent would have swept over us,

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  1. Psalm 124:4 The metaphor of water as a destructive force is common in the Old Testament (see Pss 18:17 and note; 32:6; 42:8; 69:2f, 16; Isa 8:7f; Lam 3:54) because of the destructive torrential rains common to that part of the world (see Jdg 5:21; Mt 7:27).
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Psalm 124:4
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4 the flood(A) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(B) would have swept over us,

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