KJV King James Version
Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
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Psalm 94:17
Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
WEB World English Bible
Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
ASV American Standard Version
Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Surrounding context — Psalm 94
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
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?
17 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.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
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Psalm 124:1-2A Song of degrees of David. If [it had] not [been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;Psalm 31:17Let 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.2 Timothy 4:16-17At 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.Psalm 118:13Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.Psalm 13:3Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;Psalm 115:17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.Psalm 142:4-5I 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.Psalm 125:1A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.2 Corinthians 1:8-10For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
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