Psalms 118:18
The LORD hath sorely chastened me, But he hath not given me over to death.
Noyes Bible
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 deeds of the LORD.
19Open to me the gates of righteousness, That I may go in, and praise the LORD!
Cross References
Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Job 33:16Then openeth he the ears of men, And sealeth up for them admonition;
Psalms 94:12Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
Jonah 2:6I sank down to the foundations of the mountains; The bars of the earth were about me forever; Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah, my God!
2 Corinthians 1:9yea, we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth 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 →