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Psalms 94:17

Psalms 94:17 is verse 17 of Psalms chapter 94, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

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.

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Psalms 94:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

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

18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

19 When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 118:13

I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

Psalms 124:1

If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

Psalms 124:2

if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

Psalms 125:1

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

Psalms 142:4

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

Psalms 142:5

I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

John 16:32

“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

2 Corinthians 1:8

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

2 Corinthians 1:9

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:10

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

Psalms 13:3

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Psalms 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.

Psalms 115:17

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

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