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Psalm 94

Psa. 94:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Unless
luwle' (Hebrew #3884)
from 3863 and 3808; if not
KJV usage: except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.
Pronounce: loo-lay'
Origin: or luwley {loo lay'}
i the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
had been my help
`ezrah (Hebrew #5833)
108:12 (13) {ez-rawth'}; feminine of 5828; aid
KJV usage: help(-ed, -er).
Pronounce: ez-raw'
Origin: or mezrath (Psa. 60:11 (13)
, my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
had σalmost
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
dwelt
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
in silence
duwmah (Hebrew #1745)
silence; figuratively, death
KJV usage: silence.
Pronounce: doo-maw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be dumb (compare 1820)
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Psa. 124:1‑2• 1A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us--oh let Israel say--
 2If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us, (Psa. 124:1‑2)
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or, quickly.

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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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Unless.
Psa. 118:13• 13Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me. (Psa. 118:13)
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Psa. 124:1‑2• 1A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us--oh let Israel say--
 2If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us, (Psa. 124:1‑2)
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Psa. 125:1• 1A Song of degrees. They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever. (Psa. 125:1)
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Psa. 142:4‑5• 4Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:4‑5)
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John 16:32• 32Behold, the hour is coming, and has come, that ye shall be scattered, each to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. (John 16:32)
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2 Cor. 1:8‑10• 8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living.
 9But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
 10who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver; (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)
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2 Tim. 4:16‑17• 16At my first defence no man stood with me, but all deserted me. May it not be imputed to them.
 17But the Lord stood with me, and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all those of the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth. (2 Tim. 4:16‑17)
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or, quickly.
dwelt.
Psa. 13:3• 3Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Psa. 13:3)
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Psa. 31:17• 17Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol. (Psa. 31:17)
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Psa. 115:17• 17The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence; (Psa. 115:17)
• We, alas! if not helped sometimes, ready to dwell in silence, should soon, so to speak, give up, where Christ, the blessed One, felt all infinitely more, and was perfect in it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "soon."