The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 94:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Unless the Lord had been my Help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. No; they are not without a champion; Jehovah is their Help. It is a part of their blessedness (Psalms 94:12), that they are preserved.

in life and protected from the wicked, by God himself. Otherwise they "had soon dwelt in silence." Their soul had gone down to the pit, to the abyss of Sheol, the silent land (comp. Psalms 115:17).

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