Isaiah 38:10-18

10I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

11I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.

12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: — from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

13I kept still until the morning; ...as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

14Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

15What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

16Lord, by these things [men] live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.

17Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

18For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.