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Psalms 124:3

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 124:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Then they had swallowed us up quick; or, "alive." A common expression for sudden and complete destruction (comp. Psalms 56:2; Psalms 57:3; Proverbs 1:12; Lamentations 2:2, Lamentations 2:5, Lamentations 2:8, etc.

). When their wrath was kindled against us; or, "blazed out against us." The comparison of anger to fire is an almost universal commonplace.

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