Psalm 118:18

Translations

Modern

The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

Traditional

The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

Literal

Yah, chastened me severely, and to death He has not given me up.

Latin

Castigans castigavit me Dominus, et morti non tradidit me.

Original

Hebrew

English

The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

Notes

Psalms 118:14–18

The psalmist celebrates the victory of the Lord’s strong right hand, which kept him from death.

Psalms 118:17–21

God has restored the psalmist from death to life, so he praises the Lord publicly (see Psalm 116:6, 12–19).

Psalms 118:1–29

The psalmist joyfully thanks the Lord for his goodness and urges others to trust in his loving devotion (Psalm 118:1–4, 29). This poem is the last of the Egyptian Hallel (Psalms 113–118).

Psalms 113:1–118:29

These psalms are called the Egyptian Hallel. Hallel means “praise.” Jewish people use these psalms during Passover, which began when God brought Israel out of Egypt in the exodus. The people recite Psalms 113–114 before the Passover meal, and Psalms 115–118 are recited afterward.

Related verses

1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
2 Corinthians 6:9
…unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
Job 5:17–18
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Proverbs 3:11–12
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
2 Corinthians 1:9–11
Indeed, 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.
Psalm 94:12–13
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Psalm 66:10–12
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
Jonah 2:6
To 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!
Job 33:16–30
He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
2 Samuel 12:10
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
2 Samuel 13:1–39
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
Hebrews 12:10–11
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

People

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Psalm 118:18

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