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Psalms 118:17
17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done.
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
15There are shouts of joy and victory in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly! 16The Lord’s right hand is raised. The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!” I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done. 18The Lord disciplined me severely but did not give me over to death. 19Open the gates of righteousness for me; I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:17 word by word
לֹֽא אָמ֥וּת כִּי־אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה וַ֝אֲסַפֵּ֗ר מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥י יָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 118:17
- Psalms 6:5For there is no remembrance of you in death; who can thank you in Sheol?
- Isaiah 38:16Lord, by such things people live, and in every one of them my spirit finds life; you have restored me to health and let me live.
- Habakkuk 1:12Are you not from eternity, Lord my God? My Holy One, you will not die. Lord, you appointed them to execute judgment; my Rock, you destined them to punish us.
- John 11:4When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- Romans 14:7For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.
- Psalms 40:5Lord my God, you have done many things — your wondrous works and your plans for us; none can compare with you. If I were to report and speak of them, they are more than can be told.
- Psalms 71:17God, you have taught me from my youth, and I still proclaim your wondrous works.
- Psalms 73:28But as for me, God’s presence is my good. I have made the Lord God my refuge, so I can tell about all you do.
- Psalms 107:22Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I proclaim all the judgments from your mouth.
- Psalms 145:4One generation will declare your works to the next and will proclaim your mighty acts.
- Jeremiah 51:10The Lord has brought about our vindication; come, let’s tell in Zion what the Lord our God has accomplished.
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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