Isaiah 38:16-20

16Lord God, your promises give life to people. May they give life to my spirit. Please make me well again and let me live.

17Yes, it was good for me to have this trouble. You rescued me from the deep hole of death. You removed my sins, and you put them behind your back.

18Dead people in their graves cannot praise you. They cannot sing to thank you. People who go down into the deep hole of death cannot trust you to help them.

19It is those people who are alive that can thank you. And I am doing it today. Fathers tell their children that they can trust you.

20The Lord will now save me from death. We will sing to thank the Lord in his temple. We will sing with happy music every day of our lives.