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Psalm 124

Psa. 124:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then
'azay (Hebrew #233)
at that time
KJV usage: then.
Pronounce: az-ah'ee
Origin: probably from 227
they had swallowed us up
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
quick
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
, when their wrath
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
was kindled
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
against us:

Cross References

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Then they.
Psa. 27:2• 2When evil doers drew near unto me to eat my flesh,{HR}Mine adversaries and mine enemies against me,{HR}They stumbled and fell. (Psa. 27:2)
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Psa. 35:25• 25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, our soul!{HR}Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. (Psa. 35:25)
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Psa. 56:1‑2• 1To the chief musician, as the silent dove of the distant, of David, Michtam ; when the Philistines took him in Gath.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up;{HR}All the day fighting he oppresseth me.
2They that lie in wait for me would swallow [me] up all the day,{HR}For many fight proudly against me.
(Psa. 56:1‑2)
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Psa. 57:3• 3He will send from the heavens and save me:{HR}He that would swallow me up reviled! Selah.{HR}God will send his mercy and his truth. (Psa. 57:3)
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Psa. 74:8• 8They said in their heart,{HR}Let us destroy them together.{HR}They have burnt all God's places of assembly in the land. (Psa. 74:8)
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Psa. 83:4• 4They said, Come, and we will cut them off from [being] a nation,{HR}And let the name of Israel be remembered no more. (Psa. 83:4)
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Esther 3:6,12‑13• 6But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shown him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
12Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.
13And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey.
(Esther 3:6,12‑13)
swallowed.
their wrath.
Psa. 76:10• 10For the wrath of man shall praise thee;{HR}The remainder of fury wilt thou restrain . (Psa. 76:10)
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1 Sam. 20:30‑33• 30{i}And{/i} Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
33And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
(1 Sam. 20:30‑33)
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Dan. 3:19• 19{i}Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.{/i} (Dan. 3:19)
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Matt. 2:16• 16{i}Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which [were] in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.{/i} (Matt. 2:16)
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Acts 9:2• 2and asked of him letters unto Damascus to the synagogues; so that, if he found any belonging to the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound unto Jerusalem. (Acts 9:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

W. Kelly Translation

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Then they had swallowed us up alive{HR}In the kindling of their wrath against us.