Psalms 118:15-18

Context

118:15 They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly.¹

The Lord’s right hand conquers,²

118:16 the Lord’s right hand gives victory,³

the Lord’s right hand conquers.

118:17 I will not die, but live,

and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.⁴

118:18 The Lord severely⁵ punished me,

but he did not hand me over to death.

[118:15] ¹tn Heb “the sound of a ringing shout and deliverance [is] in the tents of the godly.”

[118:15] ²tn Heb “does valiantly.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 108:13).

[118:16] ³tn Heb “exalts.”

[118:17] ⁴tn Heb “the works of the Lord.”

[118:18] ⁵tn The infinitive absolute emphasizes the following verbal idea.