Main Thought:
This portion of the psalm praises God for salvation. Despite our need for discipline, God does not give us over to death for He gave His Son to be rejected and die, being resurrected in glory.
Psalm 118:15–24
Glad songs of salvation
are in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly,
the right hand of the Lord exalts,
the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”
I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of the Lord.
The Lord has disciplined me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, who bled and died for our sins, and rose again triumphing over Your and our enemies, grant us to be partakers of Your victory, that we, delivered from the hand of them that hate us, may serve You without fear in time and eternity. Amen.