Psalms 118:18
Yahweh has punished me severely, but he has not allowed ◄me to die/ my enemies to kill me►.
Translation for Translators
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 be killed in battle; I will live to proclaim the great things that Yahweh has done.
19You gatekeepers, open for me the gates of the temple in order that I may enter and thank Yahweh.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. Another of David’s sons, Amnon, was attracted to Tamar.
Job 5:17“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when God who is all-powerful disciplines you.
Job 33:16He reveals things [MTY] to us and terrifies us by the things he warns us about.
Psalms 94:12Yahweh, you are pleased with people who want you to discipline/correct them, those who want you to teach them your laws.
Jonah 2:6I sank down to where the mountains start rising [MET] from the bottom of the sea. I thought that forever it would be as though my body would be in a prison [MTY] inside the earth below me. But you, Yahweh God, whom I worship, rescued me from going down to the place of the dead.
2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt like a person feels when he has heard a judge say, “I condemn you to die/be executed [MET].” But God allowed us to think that we were going to die so that we would not ◄rely on/trust in► our own strength. He wanted us instead to rely only on his strength, because he is the one who has power even to make those who have died live again.
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 →