Psalms 94:17 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 94:17

Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

DBT

If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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12 verses on the floor

Hebrews 13:6
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Psalms 124:1
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psalms 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.
2 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.
Psalms 118:13
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

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); he was at his wits' end, and knew not what to say or do; he was, in his own apprehensions, at his life's end, ready to drop into the grave, that land of silence. St. Paul, in a like case, received a sentence of death within himself, 2 Cor. i. He said, " My foot slippeth (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

In singing this psalm we must look abroad upon the pride of oppressors with a holy indignation, and the tears of the oppressed with a holy compassion; but, at the same time, look upwards to the righteous Judge with an entire satisfaction, and look forward, to the end of all these things, with a pleasing hope.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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