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Psalms 118:18
18Adonai has chastened me hard, but has not given 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
16Adonai’s right hand is lifted high! Adonai’s right hand is mighty!” 17I will not die, but live, and proclaim what Adonai has done! Adonai has chastened me hard, but has not given me over to death. 19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and praise Adonai. 20This is the gate of Adonai— 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 have tested us, O God— You have purified us, as silver is refined.
- Psalms 94:12Blessed is the one You discipline, Adonai, and teach him from Your Torah,
- 2 Samuel 12:10So now the sword will never depart from your house—because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
- 2 Samuel 13:1It came to pass after this that Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister named Tamar, so Amnon, son of David, fell in love with her.
- 2 Samuel 16:1Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, there was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth to meet him with a pair of saddled donkeys, and on them 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 fig cakes and a bottle of wine.
- Job 5:17Behold, happy is the one whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of Shaddai.
- Job 33:16Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,
- Proverbs 3:11My son, never despise Adonai’s discipline or dread His correction.
- Jonah 2:6Waters surrounded me up to my soul. The deep sea engulfed me— reeds clung to my head.
- 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we might not be condemned along with the world.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9In fact, we had within ourselves the death sentence—so that we might not rely on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead.
- 2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown and yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined yet not put to death;
- Hebrews 12:10Indeed, for a short time they disciplined us as seemed best to them; but He does so for our benefit, so 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
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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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