Verse 17

If the LORD had not helped me, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 124:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents, by David.“If the LORD had not been on our side”– let Israel say this!– 2 if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us,
  • Ps 31:17 : 17 O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!
  • Ps 13:3 : 3 Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
  • Ps 118:13 : 13 “You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.
  • Ps 115:17 : 17 The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved and will endure forever.
  • Ps 142:4-5 : 4 Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life. 5 I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”
  • John 16:32 : 32 Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
  • 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it. 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!