Isaiah 38:10-15

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁰ I thought I would live a full life.
    But now, in the middle of my life, the time has come for me to die.
¹¹ So I said, “I will not see the Lord Yah^[a] in the land of the living again.
    I will not see the people living on earth.
¹² My home, my shepherd’s tent, is being pulled down and taken from me.
    I am finished like the cloth someone rolls up and cuts from the loom.
    You ended my life in such a short time.
¹³ All night I cried as loud as a lion,
    but my hopes were crushed like a lion eating bones.
    You finished my life in such a short time.
¹⁴ I cried like a bird
    and moaned like a dove.
My eyes became tired,
    but I continued looking to the heavens.
Lord, I am so depressed.
    Promise to help me.”
¹⁵ What can I say?
    He told me what would happen,
    and he will make it happen.
I have had these troubles in my soul,
    so now I will be humble all my life.