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Psalms 118:18
18The Lord disciplined me severely but did not give me over to death.
Psalms 118:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death.
Context of Psalms 118:18
16The Lord’s right hand is raised. The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!” 17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done. The Lord disciplined me severely but did not give me over to death. 19Open the gates of righteousness for me; I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. 20This is the Lord’s gate; the righteous will enter through it.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:18 word by word
יַסֹּ֣ר יִסְּרַ֣נִּי יָּ֑הּ וְ֝לַמָּ֗וֶת לֹ֣א נְתָנָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 118:18
- Psalms 66:10For you, God, tested us; you refined us as silver is refined.
- Psalms 94:12Lord, how happy is anyone you discipline and teach from your law
- 2 Samuel 12:10Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your own wife.’
- 2 Samuel 13:1Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon was infatuated with her.
- 2 Samuel 16:1When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba, Mephibosheth’s servant, was right there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred bunches of summer fruit, and a clay jar of wine.
- Job 5:17See how happy is the person whom God corrects; so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
- Job 33:16he uncovers their ears and terrifies them with warnings,
- Proverbs 3:11Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son, and do not loathe his discipline;
- Jonah 2:6I sank to the foundations of the mountains, the earth’s gates shut behind me forever! Then you raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!
- 1 Corinthians 11:32but when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned with the world.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
- 2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown, yet recognized; as dying, yet see — we live; as being disciplined, yet not killed;
- Hebrews 12:10For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but he does it for our benefit, so that we can share his holiness.
Commentaries on Psalms 118:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The Lord hath chastened me sore - Hebrew, “The Lord has chastened - has chastened me.” See the notes at Psalm 118:13. The psalmist had been greatly afflicted, and he now looked upon his affliction in the light of a fatherly chastisement or correction. It had been a severe trial, and he was not insensible to its severity, though he regarded it as designed for his own good. But he hath not given we over unto death - He interposed when I was in danger; he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-21God has restored the psalmist from death to life, so he praises the Lord publicly (see Psalm 116:6, 12–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. He would live, because confident his life would be for God's glory.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 118
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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