Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Psalms 118:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 118:17 |
Strong Concordance |
I shall not die [04191], but live [02421], and declare [05608] the works [04639] of the LORD [03050]. |
| |
King James |
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| He would live, because confident his life would be for God's glory. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I 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 Psa 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 be victorious; that they would not accomplish their object; that he would be protected; that he would live to declare what God had done for him. He does not say how he had this assurance, but there is no impropriety in supposing that he had it, as Hezekiah had in similar circumstances (see Isa 38:5-8, Isa 38:21), by a direct divine intimation. Things like this are not uncommon now, when, in danger or in sickness, the mind is strongly impressed with the belief that there will be a restoration to health and safety, and when the mind is made calm and peaceful by that belief - the very calmness of the mind under such a belief contributing not a little to that result. Why should we hesitate to believe that such a faith and hope may come from the Lord? Compare Act 27:22-25.
And declare the works of the Lord - Declare what he has done. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I shall not die - I was nigh unto death; but I am preserved, - preserved to publish the wondrous works of the Lord. |
22 And [2532] now [3569] I exhort [3867] you [5209] to be of good cheer [2114]: for [1063] there shall be [2071] no [3762] loss [580] of any man's life [5590] among [1537] you [5216], but [4133] of the ship [4143].
23 For [1063] there stood by [3936] me [3427] this [5026] night [3571] the angel [32] of God [2316], whose [3739] I am [1510], and [2532] whom [3739] I serve [3000],
24 Saying [3004], Fear [5399] not [3361], Paul [3972]; thou [4571] must [1163] be brought before [3936] Caesar [2541]: and [2532], lo [2400], God [2316] hath given [5483] thee [4671] all [3956] them that sail [4126] with [3326] thee [4675].
25 Wherefore [1352], sirs [435], be of good cheer [2114]: for [1063] I believe [4100] God [2316], that [3754] it [3779] shall be [2071] even [2596] [3739] as [5158] it was told [2980] me [3427].
21 For Isaiah [03470] had said [0559], Let them take [05375] a lump [01690] of figs [08384], and lay it for a plaister [04799] upon the boil [07822], and he shall recover [02421].
5 Go [01980], and say [0559] to Hezekiah [02396], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of David [01732] thy father [01], I have heard [08085] thy prayer [08605], I have seen [07200] thy tears [01832]: behold, I will add [03254] unto thy days [03117] fifteen [02568] [06240] years [08141].
6 And I will deliver [05337] thee and this city [05892] out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]: and I will defend [01598] this city [05892].
7 And this shall be a sign [0226] unto thee from the LORD [03068], that the LORD [03068] will do [06213] this thing [01697] that he hath spoken [01696];
8 Behold, I will bring again [07725] the shadow [06738] of the degrees [04609], which is gone down [03381] in the sun [08121] dial [04609] of Ahaz [0271], ten [06235] degrees [04609] backward [0322]. So the sun [08121] returned [07725] ten [06235] degrees [04609], by which degrees [04609] it was gone down [03381].
13 Thou hast thrust [01760] sore [01760] at me that I might fall [05307]: but the LORD [03068] helped [05826] me.