Psalms 118:17

King James Version 1611 (Original)

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא אָמ֥וּת כִּי־אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה וַ֝אֲסַפֵּ֗ר מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥י יָֽהּ

Transliteration

Not ʾāmût because-ʾeḥyeh and-ʾăsappēr maʿăśê Yāh

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmût*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will die
• *ʾeḥyeh*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will live
• *ʾăsappēr*: imperfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I will recount
• *maʿăśê*: noun, masculine plural construct - works of
• *Yāh*: divine name, shortened form - Yah

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmût*: I will die/I shall die
• *ʾeḥyeh*: I will live/I shall live
• *ʾăsappēr*: I will recount/I will declare/I will tell
• *maʿăśê*: works/deeds/acts

Referenced Verses

• Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
• Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
• Ps 107:22 : 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
• Hab 1:12 : 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
• Isa 38:16-20 : 16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. 20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
• Jer 51:10 : 10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
• John 11:4 : 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
• Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
• Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
• Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
• Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
• Ps 40:10 : 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
• Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.