Objection: The Context of I SHALL NOT DIE, BUT LIVE (Psalm 118:17) Is Military Protection, Not Healing of Disease

Some of the verses a few verses before Psalm 118:17 do indeed speak of a military enemy arrayed against David.  However, in the verse AFTER the verse in question, David writes:

Psalm 118:18:
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

We don’t know for sure what this “chastening” was for, but we have precedent to believe that David believed that he had health issues that were the chastening of the Lord:

Psalm 39:11:
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

This does not sound militarily-related.

Besides, if you just don’t like using Psalm 118:17 as a healing vs. death Scripture, you can select from many others.  God says that He satisfies you with long life (Psalm 91:16).  There are many Scriptures in Proverbs about things you can do that will lengthen your life.  See the answer to the question, Is There an Appointed Time for Each Person to Die? for these verses.