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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Psalms 118:17

I shall not die, to wit, so soon as mine enemies desire, nor by their sword, as they hope and endeavour. Declare the works of the Lord; one branch whereof is the total destruction of mine enemies. He implies that he did not desire life, nor should employ it, as his enemies did theirs, but for the service and glory of God.

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See also Psalms 118:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 118:17. _I SHALL NOT DIE_] I was nigh unto death; but I am preserved,-preserved to publish the wondrous works of the Lord....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 Psalms 118:13, to go bac...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 118-119 Psalms 118 Christ the Head of the Corner _ 1. His mercy endureth forever (Psalms 118:1)_ 2. The past experience (Psalms 118:8) 3. Jehovah My Salvation ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXVIII. A HYMN FOR FESTAL PROCESSION TO ZION. The old tradition that different parts were appropriated to different voices is right in substance, though the statement of the Targum that in Psalms 118:...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WORKS. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "work" (singular)...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I SHALL NOT DIE, &C.— These verses express how near death he thought himself to have been. _I shall not die, i.e._ as I had feared. God had given him some correction, namely, by endangering his person...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 118 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Passover Hosanna-Song. ANALYSIS (See bracketed Headlines let into the Psalm). (P.R.I.) Praise ye Yah! (PART I.INVITATIONS TO PRAISE.) (First in Standing Refrain:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. I SHALL NOT DIE, BUT LIVE, AND DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD. "Death" threatened Israel (), but the Lord, by His glorious "works" in he...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This Ps. was evidently written for the Temple worship on the occasion of some great festival (Psalms 118:24), when it might be used as a processional hymn. It has been variously referred (_a_) to the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ HOSANNA! (SAVE US NOW!) PSALMS 118 Jesus said, "Did you not read (this) in the Bible? The *builders threw away a stone. It is now in an important place at the c...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I SHALL NOT DIE, BUT LIVE. — It is Israel, and not an individual, who thus claims a continuance of life for the display of God’s glory. But as so often we find, the hope is so expressed as to suit not...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹֽא אָמ֥וּת כִּי ־אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה וַ֝ אֲסַפֵּ֗ר מַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 118:1 THIS is unmistakably a psalm for use in the Temple worship, and probably meant to be sung antiphonally, on some day of national rejoicing (Psalms 118:24). A general concurrence of opinion...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A NEW WAY IN A NEW DAY Psalms 118:15 As we draw near the mellowing light of the sanctuary we see more deeply into the divine meaning of our experiences. In Psalms 118:13, “ _Thou_ [the enemy] didst t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is the sixth and last of the Hallel. It is the song of perfect victory, and was undoubtedly arranged to be sung by the triumphal procession as it made its way to the Temple for thanksgiving and w...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I shall not die, but live, and (h) declare the works of the LORD. (h) So that all, that are both far and near, may see his mighty power....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Give. Hebrew, "avenge," Psalm xii. 6., and cxxxvii. 9. Draw me from this state of oppression, (Calmet) or rather, give me abundant grace, (Berthier) and eternal life. (St. Hilary) --- I cannot fulfil...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I make no pause in these verses, because I think they contain a beautiful subject, in reference to the Lord Jesus in his ministry; and it were a pity to interrupt the reading. Let the Reader, when he...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17._I shall not die _David speaks like one emerging from the sepulcher. The very same person who says, _I shall not die, _acknowledges that he was rescued from death, to which he was near as one conde...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 118 is also, though not formally so, rendering praise and thanksgiving as promised, connected with, or rather founded on, the known formula His mercy endureth for ever. The same that in Psalms...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I SHALL NOT DIE, BUT LIVE,.... Not that he should never die, David knew he should; but that his present afflictions would not issue in death; or he should not die by the hands of his enemies, he somet...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD._ Ver. 17. _I shall not die, but live_] This he was well assured of by faith; as was also the Church in Habakkuk, Habakkuk 1:12, "Art not...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The voice of rejoicing and salvation_ That is, of rejoicing and thanksgiving for the deliverances God hath wrought for them; _is in the tabernacle of the righteous_ Because they clearly see God's han...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A PSALM FOR FESTIVAL SERVICES. This hymn, written altogether in the style of David, bears a liturgical character and was, in fact, used in the Jewish Church upon the occasion of the great festivals, a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I shall not die, thus being deprived of the privilege of praising Jehovah, BUT LIVE, being preserved by God's mercy, AND DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD, that being one of the glorious duties of all bel...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-18 The account the psalmist here gives of his troubles is very applicable to Christ: many hated him without a cause; nay, the Lord himself chastened him sorely, bruised him, and put him to grief, t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 118:17 die H4191 (H8799) live H2421 (H8799) declare H5608 (H8762) works H4639 LORD H3050...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 118:17 I. What did these words mean in the mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ? Before His crucifixion the words were clearly a prophecy of the Resurrection. But after the Resurrection the words mus...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 118:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever._ Here is a standing reason for thanksgiving. Although we may not always be healthy, nor always prosper...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    May the Good Spirit, who taught the psalmist to indite these words help us to feel their inward meaning! Psalms 118:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for eve...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Cheerful acknowledgement of God's goodness and dependence upon that goodness for the future. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Never failing streams of mercy flow from our God. The more our hea...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm is destitute of title, and the occasion on which it was composed is not known. The style however, the subject, the masterly manner in which it is treated, and the spirit which pervades the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation._ GOD AND MAN I. How God should be realized by every man. What should He be to every many 1. He should be his strength. All the strengt...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord._ THE POWER OF RECOVERY This buoyant and hopeful language is obviously in place on Easter Day. The psalm which contains it was sung for t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 118:1. This joyful psalm calls on all of God’s people to praise the Lord for his steadfast love (vv. Psalms 118:1). It then moves to wha

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 118:17 The experience of deliverance leads the psalmist to say, I SHALL NOT DIE, BUT I SHALL LIVE. God extends life so that I might recount the deeds of the LORD

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION 1. The last of the group (113–118.) constituting the Hallel. 2. Certainly a temple Psalm, most probably composed for a great occasion. “Some incline to the Davidic authorship, when he wa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION AN antiphonal hymn, composed for a joyful occasion, when there was to be a procession to the temple, a welcoming of the procession by those inside, and the solemn offering of a sacrifice up...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    As we get into Psalms 118:1-29, the last of the Hallel psalms. O give thanks unto the LORD (Psalms 118:1); Again, the exhortation, praise and thanks, "O give thanks unto the Lord." for he is good: b...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Habakkuk 1:12; Isaiah 38:16; Jeremiah 51:10; John 11:4; Psalms 107:

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