American Standard Version
Psalms 118:17
17I shall not die, but live,And declare the works of Jehovah.
Psalms 118:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord.
Context of Psalms 118:17
15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly. 16The right hand of Jehovah is exalted: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly. I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah. 18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death. 19Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:17 word by word
לֹֽא אָמ֥וּת כִּי־אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה וַ֝אֲסַפֵּ֗ר מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥י יָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 118:17
- Psalms 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
- Isaiah 38:16O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.
- Habakkuk 1:12Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.
- John 11:4But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
- Romans 14:7For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.
- Psalms 40:5Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
- Psalms 73:28But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
- Psalms 107:22And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
- Psalms 145:4One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.
- Jeremiah 51:10Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
Commentaries on Psalms 118:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17I shall not die - I was nigh unto death; but I am preserved, - preserved to publish the wondrous works of the Lord.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17I shall not die, but live - Evidently the psalmist had apprehended that he would die; or, he had felt that he was in imminent danger of dying. In this language he seems, as in Psalm 118:13, to go back again to the scenes referred to in the psalm. He lives them over again. He describes the feelings which he had then. He saw that he was in danger. His enemies were thick round about him, and sought his life. But he had then the assurance that they would not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-21God has restored the psalmist from death to life, so he praises the Lord publicly (see Psalm 116:6, 12–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. He would live, because confident his life would be for God's glory.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 118
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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