יַסֹּ֣ר יִסְּרַ֣נִּי יָּ֑הּ וְ֝לַמָּ֗וֶת לֹ֣א נְתָנָֽנִי׃
여호와께서 나를 심히 경책하셨어도 죽음에는 붙이지 아니하셨도다
Kol HaTor
(Ps. 118:18) “God has chastened me considerably, but has not given me over to death.” The entire Psalm, that begins with “in distress, I called out to the Lord, ” was said about Mashiach ben Yosef, as explained below (#88), from the aspect of the expansiveness on the part of God. In this sense it is connected to the verse: “I was brought low, and He saved me, ” according to the commentary of the Gaon, as explained below. This is one of the prayers that King David, of blessed memory, prayed so that Mashiach ben Yosef would not die.