Psalms 124:4 - The Pulpit Commentary - Bible Study & Commentary

Psalms 124:4 - Exposition

Then the waters had overwhelmed us . A sudden and startling change of metaphor. In the quick transition of Oriental thought, the fire becomes a flood—an irresistible torrent-stream , carrying all before it (comp. Psalms 18:4 ; Psalms 144:7 ). The stream had gone over our soul ; i . e . "had mounted up over our heads, and stifled our breath of life."

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

The Pulpit Commentary is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entries, and was written over a 30-year period with 100 contributors.... Show more

Psalms 124:4 - Exposition

Psalms 124:4 - Exposition

The Pulpit Commentary

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