Psalms 118:17

The psalmist declares he will not die but live to proclaim the Lord's works. It matters because God preserves his people for the purpose of witness and praise.

Cross-references · 13

• John 11:4But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
• Ps 71:17–18God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
• Isa 38:16–20Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.
• Ps 6:5For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
• Hab 1:12Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
• Ps 73:28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
• Rom 14:7–9For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
• Ps 145:4One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
• Ps 40:5Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
• Ps 107:22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
• Ps 40:10I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
• Jer 51:10‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’
• Ps 119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

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