Psalms 118:17-18

Psalms 118:17-18. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The LORD hath chastened me sore:

You notice David’s rendering of the 13th verse. To the enemy he says, " Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall." When he thinks it over he says, "The chastening hand of God is in this, even in my enemy’s wicked and malicious attacks. And so he reads it over again, " The Lord hath chastened me sore, but he hath not given me over unto death." The Roman magistrates had a bundle of rods with an axe tied up in the middle. The children felt the rod, but not the axe. " Thou hast chastened me sore, but thou hast not given me over unto death."