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Psalms 118:17
17I will not die, but live, and proclaim what Adonai 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
15Shouts of joy and victory are in the tents of the righteous: “Adonai’s right hand is mighty! 16Adonai’s right hand is lifted high! Adonai’s right hand is mighty!” I will not die, but live, and proclaim what Adonai has done! 18Adonai has chastened me hard, but has not given me over to death. 19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and praise Adonai.
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 6:5Turn toward me, Adonai, deliver my soul! Save me—because of Your mercy.
- Isaiah 38:16Adonai, by such things men live, and my spirit has life in them too. Restore me to health, and let me live!
- Habakkuk 1:12Are not You from antiquity— Adonai my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Adonai, You have ordained him for judgment—as You, O Rock, have established him to chasten.
- John 11:4When Yeshua heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. It is for God’s glory, so that Ben-Elohim may be glorified through it.”
- Romans 14:7For none of us lives for himself, and none dies for himself.
- Psalms 40:5Blessed is the one who put his confidence in Adonai, who has not turned to the arrogant, nor to those who fall into falsehood.
- Psalms 71:17God, You taught me from my youth, and I still keep declaring Your wonders.
- Psalms 73:28But for me, it is good to be near God. I have made my Lord Adonai my refuge. So I will tell of all Your works.
- Psalms 107:22Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of His works with joyful singing.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I rehearse all the rulings of Your mouth.
- Psalms 145:4One generation will praise Your works to another and declare Your mighty acts.
- Jeremiah 51:10Adonai has brought forth our vindication! Come, let us declare in Zion the work of Adonai Eloheinu!
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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