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Psalms 94:17
17If the Lord had not been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.
Psalms 94:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
- New International Version (NIV)Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Unless the Lord had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence.
Context of Psalms 94:17
15For judgment will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart will follow it. 16Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness? If the Lord had not been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence. 18If I say, “My foot has slipped,” Your compassion and lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up. 19When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your comforts delight me.
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לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י כִּמְעַ֓ט׀ שָֽׁכְנָ֖ה דוּמָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 94:17
- Psalms 118:13You [my enemy] pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the Lord helped me.
- Psalms 124:1“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say,
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
- Psalms 142:4Look to the right [the point of attack] and see; For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor]. Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run; No one cares about my life.
- John 16:32Take careful notice: an hour is coming, and has arrived, when you will all be scattered, each to his own home, leaving Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about our trouble in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], how we were utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life [itself].
- 2 Timothy 4:16At my first trial no one supported me [as an advocate] or stood with me, but they all deserted me. May it not be counted against them [by God].
- Psalms 13:3Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
- Psalms 31:17Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on You; Let the wicked (godless) be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
- Psalms 115:17The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor do any who go down into silence;
Commentaries on Psalms 94:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Unless the Lord had been my help - Had not God in a strange manner supported us while under his chastising hand, we had been utterly cut off. My soul had almost dwelt in silence - The Vulgate has in inferno, in hell or the infernal world; the Septuagint, ͅ ̔ͅͅ, in the invisible world.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Unless the Lord had been my help - At the time referred to. If I had not had a God to whom I could have gone - if my mind had not been directed to him - if I had not actually found him a refuge and strength, I should have despaired altogether. There was no other one to whom I could go; there was nothing else but the help of God on which I could rely. My soul had almost dwelt in silence - Margin, quickly. The original is, “It was as it were but little;”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-23The psalmist resumes their prayer (see Psalm 94:1–7) with a desperate plea for the Lord's justice. It ends with the hope that evil will cease.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1917-19. a fact fully confirmed by his past experience. dwelt in silence--as in the grave (Psa 31:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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