King James Version
What Does Psalms 94:19 Mean?
“In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.”
Context
17
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. almost: or, quickly
18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(19) **Thoughts.**—Properly, dividing—*i.e.*, “perplexing” or “anxious” thoughts. (See Job 4:13; Job 20:2.) LXX. and Vulg., “griefs.”
We may compare the Virgilian “animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc,” imitated by Tennyson:
This way and that dividing his swift mind,
In act to throw.”
**Delight.**—Literally, *stroke, *and so *soothe. *The Hebrew word is used in Isaiah 66:11 of a mother quieting her child with the breast, and in Jeremiah 16:7 of the cup of consolation given to mourners at funerals.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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