Psalms 118:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

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  • Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?
  • Ps 107:22 : 22 Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
  • Hab 1:12 : 12 Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.
  • Isa 38:16-20 : 16 O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life. 17 See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory. 18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy. 19 The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children. 20 O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.
  • Jer 51:10 : 10 The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.
  • John 11:4 : 4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
  • Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself. 8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's. 9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.
  • Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.
  • Ps 40:10 : 10 Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.
  • Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now. 18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

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  • Ps 118:18-19
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    18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

    19 Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord.

  • Ps 116:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8 You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

    9 I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.

  • Ps 146:1-2
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    1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

    2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

  • Ps 118:13-16
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    77%

    13 I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.

    14 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

    15 The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

    16 The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

  • Isa 38:11
    75%

    11 I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.

  • 1 Sam 20:14
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    14 And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

  • Isa 38:16
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    16 O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

  • Ps 118:6-7
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    74%

    6 The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

    7 The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters.

  • Ps 27:13
    74%

    13 I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

  • Ps 115:18
    73%

    18 But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

  • Ps 104:33
    73%

    33 I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

  • Ps 41:2
    73%

    2 The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

  • Ps 30:3
    73%

    3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • Ps 23:6
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    6 Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.

  • Ps 138:7-8
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    73%

    7 Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

    8 The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.

  • Isa 38:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

    20 O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

  • Ps 18:46
    72%

    46 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

  • Deut 32:40
    72%

    40 For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,

  • 2 Sam 22:47
    72%

    47 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:

  • Ps 16:8-10
    3 verses
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    8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

    9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

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  • Ps 119:175
    72%

    175 Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.

  • Ps 89:48
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    48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

  • Ps 56:13
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  • Ps 75:9
    71%

    9 But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of praise to the God of Jacob.

  • Ps 3:6
    71%

    6 I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me.

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    16 As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

  • Ps 116:2
    71%

    2 He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.

  • Ps 37:33
    70%

    33 The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

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    17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

  • Ps 27:1
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  • Ps 23:1
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    18 For I will certainly let you go free, and you will not be put to the sword, but your life will be given to you out of the hands of your attackers: because you have put your faith in me, says the Lord.

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    27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.

  • Ps 119:144
    70%

    144 The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life.

  • Ps 28:7
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    7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

  • Ps 119:116
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    70%

    30 I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.

  • Ps 49:9
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    9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.