Psalm 118:18

obscure, when I am well known, at the point of death, yet here I am alive, punished, but not dead yet,

But since we do incur it, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

Why, I felt in my heart that the end must be death. That was to keep me from relying on myself instead of on God, who can even raise the dead.

For they disciplined us for a short time and as they thought proper, but he does it for our good, to make us share his holiness.

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

But since we do incur it, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

Why, I felt in my heart that the end must be death. That was to keep me from relying on myself instead of on God, who can even raise the dead.

obscure, when I am well known, at the point of death, yet here I am alive, punished, but not dead yet,

For they disciplined us for a short time and as they thought proper, but he does it for our good, to make us share his holiness.

But one of them, when he saw that he was cured, came back, loudly praising God,