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General Information:
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/jit/figs-parallelism)
God corrects ... chastening of the Almighty
God is pictured as a parent correcting or instructing a child.
blessed is the man whom God corrects
"God really favors the man whom he corrects"
do not despise
"do not reject" or "do not consider worthless"
chastening
"instruction" or "correction" or "discipline"