Psalms 118:17
15 Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
18 The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
- KJV
- I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
- WEB
- I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.
- ASV
- I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of Jah.
- BLB
- I will not die, but I will live, that I might recount the works of YAH.
- ÅB
- Jeg skal ikke dø, men leve og fortelle Herrens gjerninger.
- OTB
- Jeg skal ikke dø, men leve,
Og forkynne Herrens gjerninger. - B1930
- Jeg skal ikke dø, men leve og fortelle Herrens gjerninger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 11:4
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Read in contextPsalms 71:17–18
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:16–20
O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
Read in contextPsalms 6:5
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
Read in contextPsalms 73:28
But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
Read in contextHabakkuk 1:12
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
Read in contextRomans 14:7–9
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
Read in contextPsalms 145:4
One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
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