Psalms 118:18 meaning and explanation
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
Psalms 118:18, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is an individual Israelite, likely a king or community leader, recounting a crisis in which enemies pressed him to the point of collapse. In verse 17 he has just declared that he will not die but live, and here he interprets his suffering as the LORD's discipline rather than mere misfortune.
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