Psalms 94:17
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
KJV
Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
ASV
לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָ/ה לִּ֑/י כִּ/מְעַ֓ט שָֽׁכְנָ֖ה דוּמָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁ/י
Hebrew
Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
YLT
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דוּמָ֣ה
dvmh
noun · 2×
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 22×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
לוּלֵ֣י
lvly
conjunction · 14×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 18:31 — And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD h
- 2Tim 4:16 — 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.
- Heb 13:6 — So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
- Ps 13:3 — Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- Ps 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.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
- Ps 118:13 — Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
- Ps 124:1 — If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
- Ps 124:1 — If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
- Ps 142:4 — 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.