Isaiah 38:9-14

9King Hezekiah of Judah wrote this after he was sick and became well again:

10I thought that in the prime of my life I would go down to the gates of Sheol and be robbed of the rest of my life.

11I thought that I wouldn’t see the Lord in this world. Even with all the people in the world, I thought I would never see another person.

12My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd’s tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day.

13I cried out until morning as if a lion had crushed all my bones. You ended my life in one day.

14I chirped like swallows and cranes. I cooed like doves. My eyes were tired from looking up to heaven. I’ve suffered miserably, O Lord! Please help me!