Psalms 118:17

"The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”"

Key Reflection

In Psalm 118:17, the exaltation of God's right hand symbolizes His power and victory, emphasizing that He triumphs over all challenges. This phrase underscores God's strength and sovereignty, assuring believers of His ability to deliver and protect them.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I shall not die, but live -Evidently the psalmist had apprehended that he would die; or, he had felt that he was in imminent danger of dying. In this language he seems, as inPsalms 118:13, to go back again to the scenes referred to in the psalm. He lives them over again. He describes the feelings which he had then. He saw that he was in danger. His enemies were thick round about him, and sought his life. But he had then the assurance that they would not be victorious; that they would not accomplish their object; that he would be protected; that he would live to declare what God had done for him.

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