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# General Information:
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The writer continues to use parallelism in verses 18 and 19, conveying a single idea using two different statements to emphasize God's acts of chastening and healing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# God corrects ... chastening of the Almighty
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God is pictured as a parent correcting or instructing a child.
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# blessed is the man whom God corrects
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"God really favors the man whom he corrects"
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# do not despise
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"do not reject" or "do not consider worthless"
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# chastening
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"instruction" or "correction" or "discipline"
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# For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal
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"For he wounds but binds up; he crushes but his hands heal"
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# his hands heal
Here "his hands" represents God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
# He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you
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The use of increasing numbers such as "six" and "seven" represents the idea of many, many times. AT: "He will rescue you out of trouble over and over again; indeed, time after time, no evil will touch you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/almighty]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heal]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trouble]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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