“ The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. ”
The Lord hath chastened me sore - Hebrew, “The Lord has chastened - has chastened me.” See the notes at Psalms 118:13 . The psalmist had been greatly afflicted, and he now looked upon his afflic...
CXVIII. A Hymn for Festal Procession to Zion. The old tradition that different parts were appropriated to different voices is right in substance, though the statement of the Targum that in Psalms...
18. In chastising God has chastised me. In these words David owns that his enemies assailed him unjustly, that they were employed by God to correct him, that this was fatherly chastisement,...
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
I shall not die, &c.— These verses express how near death he thought himself to have been. I shall not die, i.e. as I had feared. God had given him some correction, namely, by endangering his...
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. The chastisement was by the Chaldeans (cf...
This Ps. was evidently written for the Temple worship on the occasion of some great festival ( Psalms 118:24 ), when it might be used as a processional hymn. It has been variously referred ( a ) to t...
Psalms 118:1-29 THIS is unmistakably a psalm for use in the Temple worship, and probably meant to be sung antiphonally, on some day of national rejoicing ( Psalms 118:24 ). A general concurrence o...
a New Way in a New Day Psalms 118:15-29 As we draw near the mellowing light of the sanctuary we see more deeply into the divine meaning of our experiences. In Psalms 118:13 , “ Thou [the ene...
This is the sixth and last of the Hallel. It is the song of perfect victory, and was undoubtedly arranged to be sung by the triumphal procession as it made its way to the Temple for thanksgiving and...
I make no pause in these verses, because I think they contain a beautiful subject, in reference to the Lord Jesus in his ministry; and it were a pity to interrupt the reading. Let the Reader, when he...
The Lord hath chastened me sore ,.... Or, "in chastening hath chastened me" d. David was exercised with many afflictions; and though these were sore ones to the flesh, yet they were only the chasten...
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. Ver. 18. The Lord hath chastened me sore ] Corripuit me seria et severa castigatione; and yet David was his darling....
The voice of rejoicing and salvation That is, of rejoicing and thanksgiving for the deliverances God hath wrought for them; is in the tabernacle of the righteous Because they clearly see God's ha...
Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks unto the L ORD ; for he is good: because his me...
Hath chastened me sore by the hands of mine enemies, whom God used to that very purpose for my greater good, and their own greater and surer ruin and confusion.
INTRODUCTION 1. The last of the group (113–118.) constituting the Hallel. 2. Certainly a temple Psalm, most probably composed for a great occasion. “Some incline to the Davidic authorship, when he...
May the Good Spirit, who taught the psalmist to indite these words help us to feel their inward meaning! Psalms 118:1 . O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for...
This psalm is destitute of title, and the occasion on which it was composed is not known. The style however, the subject, the masterly manner in which it is treated, and the spirit which pervades the...
The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. God and man I. How God should be realized by every man. What should He be to every many 1. He should be his strength. All the st...
EXPOSITION AN antiphonal hymn, composed for a joyful occasion, when there was to be a procession to the temple, a welcoming of the procession by those inside, and the solemn offering of a sacr...
A Psalm for Festival Services. This hymn, written altogether in the style of David, bears a liturgical character and was, in fact, used in the Jewish Church upon the occasion of the great festival...
1 Corinthians 11:32 ; 2 Corinthians 1:9-11 ; 2 Corinthians 6:9 ; 2 Samuel 12:10 ; 2 Samuel 13:1-39 ; 2 Samuel 16:1-23 ; Hebrews 12:10 ; Hebrews 12:11 ; Job 33:16-30 ; Job 5:17 ; Job 5:18 ;...