Psalms 118:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the LORD has done.

📖 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 as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.
• Ps 6:5 : 5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
• Ps 107:22 : 22 Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!
• Hab 1:12 : 12 Habakkuk Voices Some Concerns LORD, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. LORD, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.
• Isa 38:16-20 : 16 O Lord, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’ 17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight. 18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness. 19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness. 20 The LORD is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the LORD’s temple.”
• Jer 51:10 : 10 The exiles from Judah will say,‘The LORD has brought about a great deliverance for us! Come on, let’s go and proclaim in Zion what the LORD our God has done!’
• John 11:4 : 4 When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
• Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.
• Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!
• Ps 40:5 : 5 O LORD, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!
• Ps 40:10 : 10 I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.
• Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds. 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.