Isaiah 38:15-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵There's nothing I can say
    in answer to you,
since you are the one
    who has done this to me.^[a]
My life has turned sour;
    I will limp until I die.

¹⁶Your words and your deeds
bring life to everyone,
    including me.^[b]
Please make me healthy
    and strong again.
¹⁷It was for my own good
    that I had such hard times.
But your love protected me
    from doom in the deep pit,^[c]
and you turned your eyes
    away from my sins.

¹⁸^(A) No one in the world of the dead
    can thank you or praise you;
none of those in the deep pit
can hope for you
    to show them
    how faithful you are.
¹⁹Only the living can thank you,
    as I am doing today.
Each generation tells the next
    about your faithfulness.^[d]

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Footnotes

38.15 There's … me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
38.16 Your … me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
38.17 deep pit: The world of the dead, as in verse 18.
38.19 about your faithfulness: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.