Isaiah 38:10-15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁰ I said: In the prime^[a] of my life^(A)
I must go to the gates of Sheol;^(B)
I am deprived of the rest of my years.
¹¹ I said: I will never see the Lord,
the Lord in the land of the living;^(C)
I will not look on humanity any longer
with the inhabitants of what is passing away.^[b]
12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent.^(D)
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;^(E)
he cuts me off from the loom.^(F)
By nightfall^[c] you make an end of me.^(G)
13 I thought until the morning:
He will break all my bones like a lion.
By nightfall you make an end of me.
¹⁴ I chirp like a swallow or a crane;
I moan like a dove.^(H)
My eyes grow weak looking upwards.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.^(I)