Isaiah 38:9-22

9The writing of HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, when he had been sickH2470 and had recovered from his sicknessH2483: 10I saidH559, In the meridian of my daysH3117 I shall go to the gatesH8179 of SheolH7585: I am deprived of the restH3499 of my yearsH8141. 11I saidH559, I shall not seeH7200 Jah, Jah in the landH776 of the living. With those who dwellH3427 where all has ceased to be, I shall behold manH120 no more. 12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tentH168. I have cutH1214 off like a weaverH707 my life. He separateth me from the thrum: — from dayH3117 to nightH3915 thou wilt make an end of me. 13I kept still until the morningH1242; ...as a lionH738, soH3651 doth he breakH7665 all my bonesH6106. From dayH3117 to nightH3915 thou wilt make an end of me. 14Like a swallow [or] a craneH5693, soH3651 did I chatter; I mourned as a doveH3123; mine eyesH5869 failed [with looking] upward: LordH136, I am oppressed; undertake for me. 15What shall I sayH559? He hath both spokenH1696 unto me, and himself hath done [it]. I shall go softly all my yearsH8141 in the bitternessH4751 of my soulH5315. 16LordH136, by these things [men] liveH2421, and in all these things is the lifeH2416 of my spiritH7307; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to liveH2421. 17Behold, instead of peaceH7965 I had bitternessH4751 upon bitternessH4751; but thou hast in love delivered my soulH5315 from the pitH7845 of destruction; for thou hast castH7993 all my sinsH2399 behind thy back. 18For not SheolH7585 shall praiseH1984 thee, nor deathH4194 celebrate thee; they that goH3381 down into the pitH953 do not hope for thy truthH571. 19The living, the living, he shall praiseH3034 thee, as I this dayH3117: the fatherH1 to the children shall makeH3045 knownH3045 thy truthH571. 20Jehovah was [purposed] to saveH3467 me. — And we will playH5059 upon my stringedH5058 instrumentsH5058 all the daysH3117 of our life, in the houseH1004 of Jehovah. 21Now IsaiahH3470 had saidH559, Let them takeH5375 a cakeH1690 of figsH8384, and lay it for a plaster upon the boilH7822, and he shall recover. 22And HezekiahH2396 had saidH559, What is the signH226 that I shall goH5927 up into the houseH1004 of Jehovah?