Psalms 94:17

“Unless the Lord had been my help, etc.] Against her enemies, which were so many and mighty, and her friends so few and feeble, and having no heart to defend her cause; especially this will be the case at the time of the slaying of the witnesses; but the Lord will appear, and help her; the Spirit of life, from him, shall enter into them, and cause them to live again, and to ascend up to heaven; and shall destroy great numbers of their enemies, and the rest shall be frightened, and give glory to God, (<661111>Revelation 11:11-13), my soul had almost dwelt in silence; or “within a little”, or “must quickly” ; not only have been, but must have dwelt, continued in silence, in the grave; (see…”

“Unless the Lord had been my help - At the time referred to. If I had not had a God to whom I could have gone - if my mind had not been directed to him - if I had not actually found him a refuge and strength, I should have despaired altogether. There was no other one to whom I could go; there was nothing else but the help of God on which I could rely. My soul had almost dwelt in silence - Margin, quickly. The original is, “It was as it were but little;” that is, there was little lacking to bring this about; a little heavier pressure - a little added to what I was then suffering - a little longer time before relief was obtained - would have brought me down to the land of silence - to the…”

“Dwelt - In the place of silence, the grave. Psalms 94:19”

“Unless: Psa 118:13, Psa 124:1, Psa 124:2, Psa 125:1, Psa 142:4, Psa 142:5; Joh 16:32; Co2 1:8-10; Ti2 4:16, Ti2 4:17 almost: or, quickly dwelt: Psa 13:3, Psa 31:17, Psa 115:17 Psalms 94:18”