Psalm 118:18

Verse 18 of 29. The 118th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.

14The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

16The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

18The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

19Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:

20This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.

21I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

22The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

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Psalm 118:18 in the World English Bible

The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
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Matthew Henry on Psalm 118:18

Satan is the great enemy that thrusts sorely at us by his temptations, to cast us down from our excellency, that we may fall from our God and from our comfort in him; and, if Go had not upheld us by his grace, his thrusts would have been fatal to us. (2.) By the afflictions which God laid upon him (v. 18): The Lord has chastened me sore.

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.