Isaiah 38:9-14

9This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:

10I said, “In mid-life I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”

11I said, “I will not see the Lord, The Lord in the land of the living; I will no longer see man among the inhabitants of the world.

12My dwelling (body) is pulled up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent; I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web]. He cuts me free from the warp [of the loom]; From day to night You bring me to an end.

13I lay down until morning. Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones; From day until night You bring me to an end.

14Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirp; I coo like a dove. My eyes look wistfully upward; O Lord, I am oppressed, take my side and be my security.