Psalms 118:18
The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Psalms 118:18 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death. |
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| WEB | The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. |
| ASV | Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death. |
| YLT | Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up. |
| DARBY | Jah hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over unto death. |
| BBE | The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death. |
| Webster | The LORD hath chastened me severely: but he hath not given me over to death. |
What does Psalms 118:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 118:17-18
17-18. He would live, because confident his life would be for God's glory.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 118:1-18
The account the psalmist here gives of his troubles is very applicable to Christ: many hated him without a cause; nay, the Lord himself chastened him sorely, bruised him, and put him to grief, that by his stripes we might be healed. God is sometimes the strength of his people, when he is not their song; they have spiritual supports, though they want spiritual delights. Whether the believer traces back his comfort to…
Psalms 118:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 118:18
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
- 2 Corinthians 6:9
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
- Job 5:17-18
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
- Proverbs 3:11-12
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Psalms 94:12-13
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9-11
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
- Psalms 66:10-12
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
- Jonah 2:6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
- Job 33:16-30
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: …
- 2 Samuel 12:10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
- 2 Samuel 13:1-39
And 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. And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister. …
- Hebrews 12:10-11
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 118:17
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
- Psalms 118:18
The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
- Psalms 118:19
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
Psalms 118:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Castigóme gravemente JAH: mas no me entregó á la muerte. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jah m’a sévèrement châtié, mais il ne m’a pas livré à la mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Hart hat mich Jah gezüchtigt, aber dem Tode hat er mich nicht übergeben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Revela oculos meos, et considerabo mirabilia de lege tua. |