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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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