Psalms 118:18
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
In Context
17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Job 33:16He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust 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 →