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Psalms 118:18 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 118:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:186 words
HebrewMeaning
יַסֹּ֣רyasōr
certainlyverbH3256
chasten · chastise · correct · instruct ···
יִסְּרַ֣/נִּיyisəraniy
he has disciplined meverbH3256
chasten · chastise · correct · instruct ···
יָּ֑הּyāh
YahwehnounH3050
the Lord · most vehement. Compare names in '-iah · ' '-jah.'
וְ֝/לַ/מָּ֗וֶתwəlamāwet
and to deathconjH4194
death · die
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נְתָנָֽ/נִיnətānāniy
he has given meverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 118:18

1. ...We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which means, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words, “Confess unto the Lord” Psalm 117:1, praise the Lord. The praise of God could not be expressed in fewer words than these, “For He is good.” I see not what can be more solemn than this brevity, since goodness is so peculiarly the quality of God, that the Son of God Himself when addressed by some one as “Good Master,” by one, namely, who beholding…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 118 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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