Psalm 94:17
New International Version
Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

New Living Translation
Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

English Standard Version
If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

Berean Standard Bible
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

King James Bible
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

New King James Version
Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence.

New American Standard Bible
If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

NASB 1995
If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

NASB 1977
If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

Legacy Standard Bible
If Yahweh had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

Amplified Bible
If the LORD had not been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.

Christian Standard Bible
If the LORD had not been my helper, I would soon rest in the silence of death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If the LORD had not been my helper, I would soon rest in the silence of death.

American Standard Version
Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If LORD JEHOVAH had not been a helper to me, before a little while my soul would have dwelt in misery!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.

Contemporary English Version
If you had not helped me, LORD, I would soon have gone to the land of silence.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.

English Revised Version
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If the LORD had not come to help me, my soul would have quickly fallen silent [in death].

Good News Translation
If the LORD had not helped me, I would have gone quickly to the land of silence.

International Standard Version
If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

Literal Standard Version
Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, | My soul had almost inhabited silence.

Majority Standard Bible
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

New American Bible
If the LORD were not my help, I would long have been silent in the grave.

NET Bible
If the LORD had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

New Revised Standard Version
If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

New Heart English Bible
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

Webster's Bible Translation
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

World English Bible
Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

Young's Literal Translation
Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

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Context
The LORD Will Not Forget His People
16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity? 17Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. 18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.…

Cross References
Psalm 31:17
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

Psalm 124:1
If the LORD had not been on our side--let Israel now declare--

Psalm 124:2
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,


Treasury of Scripture

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelled in silence.

unless

Psalm 118:13
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

Psalm 124:1,2
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; …

Psalm 125:1
A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

almost.

Psalm 13:3
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Psalm 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.

Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

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Psalm 94
1. The prophet, calling for justice, complains of tyranny and impiety.
8. He teaches God's providence
12. He shows the blessedness of affliction
16. God is the defender of the afflicted.














(17) In silence--i.e., of the grave, as in Psalm 31:17.

Verse 17. - Unless the Lord had been my Help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. No; they are not without a champion; Jehovah is their Help. It is a part of their blessedness (ver. 12), that they are preserved. in life and protected from the wicked, by God himself. Otherwise they "had soon dwelt in silence." Their soul had gone down to the pit, to the abyss of Sheol, the silent land (comp. Psalm 115:17).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Unless
לוּלֵ֣י (lū·lê)
Conjunction
Strong's 3884: If not, unless

the LORD
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had been my helper,
עֶזְרָ֣תָה (‘ez·rā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5833: Help, helper, assistance

I
נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

would soon
כִּמְעַ֓ט ׀ (kim·‘aṭ)
Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

have dwelt in the abode
שָֽׁכְנָ֖ה (šā·ḵə·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

of silence.
דוּמָ֣ה (ḏū·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1745: Silence, death


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