Psalms 118:18

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 right hand of the Lord is held high. The right hand of the Lord displays strength. 17I will not die, but I will live and tell what the Lord has done. The Lord disciplined me severely, but he did not allow me to be killed. 19Open the gates of righteousness for me. I will go through them ⌞and⌟ give thanks to the Lord. 20This is the gate of the Lord through which righteous people will enter.

Psalms 118:18 word by word

יַסֹּ֣ר יִסְּרַ֣נִּי יָּ֑הּ וְ֝לַמָּ֗וֶת לֹ֣א נְתָנָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיָהּyâhh · LORDH3050
• hath chastenedיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
• but he hath not given me overנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• unto deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Psalms 118:18

• Psalms 66:10You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.
• Psalms 94:12O Lord, blessed is the person whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings.
• 2 Samuel 12:10So warfare will never leave your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
• 2 Samuel 13:1After this, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 16:1When David had gone over the top ⌞of the Mount of Olives⌟, Ziba, Mephibosheth’s servant, met him with a pair of saddled donkeys. They were loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 bunches of raisins, 100 pieces of ripened fruit, and a full wineskin.
• Job 5:17“Blessed is the person whom God corrects. That person should not despise discipline from the Almighty.
• Job 33:16he opens people’s ears and terrifies them with warnings.
• Proverbs 3:11Do not reject the discipline of the Lord, my son, and do not resent his warning,
• Jonah 2:6I sank to the foot of the mountains. I sank to the bottom, where bars held me forever. But you brought me back from the pit, O Lord, my God.
• 1 Corinthians 11:32But when the Lord judges us, he disciplines us so that we won’t be condemned along with the rest of the world.
• 2 Corinthians 1:9In fact, we still feel as if we’re under a death sentence. But we suffered so that we would stop trusting ourselves and learn to trust God, who brings the dead back to life.
• 2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown although we are well-known, as dying although, as you see, we go on living. We are punished, but we are not killed.
• Hebrews 12:10For a short time our fathers disciplined us as they thought best. Yet, God disciplines us for our own good so that we can become holy like him.

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

Topics related to Psalms 118:18

• Chastisement
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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