New King James Version
Psalms 118:17
17I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord.
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 Living Translation (NLT)I will not die; instead, I will live to tell what the Lord has done.
Context of Psalms 118:17
15The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. 16The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord. 18The Lord has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death. 19Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise 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 in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?
- Isaiah 38:16O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live.
- Habakkuk 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction.
- John 11:4When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
- Psalms 40:5Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
- Psalms 73:28But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works.
- Psalms 107:22Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with rejoicing.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth.
- Psalms 145:4One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts.
- Jeremiah 51:10The Lord has revealed our righteousness. Come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord 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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