Isaiah 38:16-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 O Lord, by these things people live,
and in all these is the life of my spirit.[a]
Oh, restore me to health and make me live!
17 Surely it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness,
but you have held back[b] my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.(A)
18 For Sheol cannot thank you;
death cannot praise you;
those who go down to the Pit cannot hope
for your faithfulness.(B)
19 The living, the living, they thank you,
as I do this day;
fathers make known to children
your faithfulness.(C)
20 The Lord will save me,
and we will sing to stringed instruments[c]
all the days of our lives,
at the house of the Lord.(D)
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