Psalm 124:3
“Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:”
KJV
Read in Psalm 124Meaning
The metaphor conveys how complete destruction seemed. Its violence is descriptive and poetic; the psalm's response is thanksgiving for rescue, not authorization to mirror the aggression.
Threat pictured as swallowing and floodwaters
Uses escalating metaphors to portray overwhelming danger.