Psalms 94:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Psalms 94:17 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-23)

The psalmist, having denounced tribulation to those that trouble God’s people, here assures those that are troubled of rest. See 2 Thess. 1:6, 7. He speaks comfort to suffering saints from God’s promises and his own experience. I. From God’s promises, which are such as not only save them from being miserable, but secure a happiness to them (Ps. 94:12): Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest. Here…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17-19. a fact fully confirmed by his past experience. dwelt in silence--as in the grave (Psa 31:17).