Isaiah 38:9-20
Revised Standard Version
9 A writing of Hezeki′ah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
10 I said, In the noontide of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see the Lord
in the land of the living;
I shall look upon man no more
among the inhabitants of the world.
12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent;
like a weaver I have rolled up my life;
he cuts me off from the loom;
from day to night thou dost bring me to an end;[a]
13 I cry for help[b] until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
from day to night thou dost bring me to an end.[c]
14 Like a swallow or a crane[d] I clamor,
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be thou my security!
15 But what can I say? For he has spoken to me,
and he himself has done it.
All my sleep has fled[e]
because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live,
and in all these is the life of my spirit.[f]
Oh, restore me to health and make me live!
17 Lo, it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
but thou hast held back[g] my life
from the pit of destruction,
for thou hast cast all my sins
behind thy back.
18 For Sheol cannot thank thee,
death cannot praise thee;
those who go down to the pit cannot hope
for thy faithfulness.
19 The living, the living, he thanks thee,
as I do this day;
the father makes known to the children
thy faithfulness.
20 The Lord will save me,
and we will sing to stringed instruments[h]
all the days of our life,
at the house of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:12 Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:13 Cn: Heb obscure
- Isaiah 38:13 Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:14 Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:15 Cn Compare Syr: Heb I will walk slowly all my years
- Isaiah 38:16 Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved
- Isaiah 38:20 Heb my stringed instruments
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