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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord has punished me severely, but he did not let me die.

Context of Psalms 118:18

16The Lord’s right hand is lifted high; the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!” 17I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done. The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death. 19Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. 20This is the gate of the Lord through which the righteous may 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 66:10For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
• Psalms 94:12Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law;
• 2 Samuel 12:10Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
• 2 Samuel 13:1In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.
• 2 Samuel 16:1When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.
• Job 5:17“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
• Job 33:16he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
• Proverbs 3:11My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,
• Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit.
• 1 Corinthians 11:32Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.
• 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
• 2 Corinthians 6:9known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed;
• Hebrews 12:10They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in 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

Topics related to Psalms 118:18

• Chastisement
• Worship

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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