Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 124:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 124:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 124:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, this verse means that if God hadn't helped His people, their enemies would have quickly and easily defeated them when they were very angry. It shows how important it is to have God's protection and help.

Psalms 124:3: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Contradiction with Psalms 55:23

This verse suggests that the wicked will not live out half their days, contrasting with Psalms 124:3, which implies an immediate threat of being swallowed.

Psalms 55:23: But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. [bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit] [shall...: Heb. shall not half their days]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah questions why the wicked prosper, contradicting Psalms 124:3's implication of immediate destruction.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Psalms 73:3-12

Describes how the wicked are prosperous and at ease, which contradicts the instant peril mentioned in Psalms 124:3.

Psalms 73:3-12: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Job 21:7-13

Job observes that the wicked live and grow old, which contradicts the sudden danger of being swallowed in Psalms 124:3.

Job 21:7-13: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:12

A sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs life, contrasting the immediate threat expressed in Psalms 124:3.

Ecclesiastes 8:12: Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15

The paradox of the just perishing early while the wicked prolongs life contradicts Psalms 124:3's idea of the immediate threat.

Ecclesiastes 7:15: All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
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