Psalm 118:18

18 Yah has disciplined me severely, but he did not consign me to death.

Psalm 118:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 118:18

The Lord hath chastened me sore
Or, "in chastening hath chastened me" ^F4. David was exercised with many afflictions; and though these were sore ones to the flesh, yet they were only the chastenings of a Father, and were all in love and for his good; as are all the afflictions of God's people; for whom he loves he chastens. Indeed the chastisement of the Messiah was a proper punishment for sin, and so a sore one indeed; he being the surety of his people, on whom "the chastisement [of] their peace was laid"; that is, the punishment of their sin, ( Isaiah 53:5 ) ;

but he hath not given me over unto death;
as yet, or to the power of it, so as to continue under it. This is to be understood in the sense as before; (See Gill on Psalms 118:17).

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (ynroy roy) "corripiendo corripuit me", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius; "castigando castigavit me", Musculus, Vatablus, Michaelis.

Psalm 118:18 In-Context

16 The right hand of Yahweh [has] exalted; the right hand of Yahweh [has] done valiantly.

17 I will not die but live, and tell of the works of Yah.

18 Yah has disciplined me severely, but he did not consign me to death.

19 Open to me [the] gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them [and] give thanks to Yah.

20 This [is] the gate of Yahweh, through [which the] righteous will enter.

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "give"