Isaiah 38
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Isaiah 38:14-19

14Like a craneH5483 or a swallowH5693, so did I chatterH6850: I did mournH1897 as a doveH3123: mine eyesH5869 failH1809 with looking upwardH4791: O LordH3068, I am oppressedH6234; undertakeH6148 for me.1

15What shall I sayH1696? he hath both spokenH559 unto me, and himself hath doneH6213 it: I shall go softlyH1718 all my yearsH8141 in the bitternessH4751 of my soulH5315.

16O LordH136, by these things men liveH2421, and in all these things is the lifeH2416 of my spiritH7307: so wilt thou recoverH2492 me, and make me to liveH2421.

17Behold, for peaceH7965 I had great bitternessH4843H4751: but thou hast in loveH2836 to my soulH5315 delivered it from the pitH7845 of corruptionH1097: for thou hast castH7993 all my sinsH2399 behindH310 thy backH1460.23

18For the graveH7585 cannot praiseH3034 thee, deathH4194 can not celebrateH1984 thee: they that go downH3381 into the pitH953 cannot hopeH7663 for thy truthH571.

19The livingH2416, the livingH2416, he shall praiseH3034 thee, as I do this dayH3117: the fatherH1 to the childrenH1121 shall make knownH3045 thy truthH571.

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  1. 1. Isaiah 38:14 undertake…: or, ease me ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 38:17 for peace…: or, on my peace came great bitterness ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 38:17 thou hast in…: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 38

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