Psalms 118:15-18

118:15 They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly.

The Lord’s right hand conquers,

118:16 the Lord’s right hand gives victory,

the Lord’s right hand conquers.

118:17 I will not die, but live,

and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.

118:18 The Lord severely punished me,

but he did not hand me over to death.


tn Heb “the sound of a ringing shout and deliverance [is] in the tents of the godly.”

tn Heb “does valiantly.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 108:13).

tn Heb “exalts.”

tn Heb “the works of the Lord.”

tn The infinitive absolute emphasizes the following verbal idea.