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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 124:4
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then the waters had overwhelmed us, etc.] People, comparable to waters for their multitude, Strength, force, and impetuosity; which bear down all before them, and against which there is no standing; which, like the waters of the flood, overflow and destroy all they pass over. These are the floods of ungodly men, which are very destructive and terrible; (see <661715> Revelation 17:15 <230807>Isaiah 8:7,8 <191804>Psalm 18:4); together with all those reproaches, afflictions, and persecutions, which come along with them; which the presence of God only can bear up his people under, and carry them through, (<220807>Song of Solomon 8:7 <196901>Psalm 69:1,2 <234302>Isaiah 43:2); the stream had gone over our soul; and so deprived them of life; the whole force of the enemy; which, like a stream, flows in with great strength and rapidity, when a breach is made and spreads itself, Arama interprets it of the stream of the Egyptians, and restrains it to them, their armies and forces; but it rather designs others, and the enemies of God’s people in general, which threaten their ruin, even their very souls and lives: it may be applied to the stream of corruptions, the flood of temptation and flow of persecutions, such as the flood the dragon cast out of his mouth after the woman; which, were it not for divine grace and assistance, would destroy the saints, who have no might against this great force, (<142012>2 Chronicles 20:12 <235919>Isaiah 59:19 <661216>Revelation 12:16).
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