Isaiah 38:14-18

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¹⁴ Like ^(A)a swallow or a crane I chirp;
    ^(B)I moan like a dove.
^(C)My eyes are weary with looking upward.
    O Lord, I am oppressed; ^(D)be my pledge of safety!
¹⁵ What shall I say? For he has spoken to me,
    and he himself has done it.
^(E)I walk slowly all my years
    because of the bitterness of my soul.

^16 (F)O Lord, by these things men live,
    and in all these is the life of my spirit.
    Oh restore me to health and make me live!
^17 (G)Behold, it was for my welfare
    that I had great bitterness;
^(H)but in love you have delivered my life
    from the pit of destruction,
^(I)for you have cast all my sins
    behind your back.
^18 (J)For Sheol does not thank you;
    death does not praise you;
those who go down to the pit do not hope
    for your faithfulness.