Psalms 118:18
LORD has chastened me greatly, but he has not given me over to death.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
In Context
17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of LORD.
19Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to LORD.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister whose name was Tamar. And Amnon the son of David loved her.
Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Job 33:16Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O LORD, and teach out of thy law,
Jonah 2:6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars [closed] upon me forever. Yet thou have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
2 Corinthians 1:9But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 118:2-19
Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. 6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? 7 The Lord taketh my part… Read the whole commentary →