Psalms 94:17
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
- KJV
- Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
- WEB
- Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
- ASV
- Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
- DARBY
- If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
- BLB
- Unless YHWH [had been] the help for me, My soul would soon have dwelt in silence.
- ÅB
- Dersom ikke Herren var min hjelp, ville min sjel snart bo i dødsrikets stillhet.
- OTB
- Hvis ikke Herren hadde vært min støtte,
Ville min sjel snart ha bodd i stillhet. - B1930
- Dersom ikke Herren var min hjelp, vilde min sjel snart bo i dødsrikets stillhet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 124:1–2
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Read in contextPsalms 31:17
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:16–17
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Read in contextPsalms 118:13
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Read in contextPsalms 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Read in contextPsalms 13:3
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Read in contextPsalms 142:4–5
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Read in contextPsalms 125:1
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
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