New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 38:10-20

10I said, “1In the middle of my 2life I am to enter the 3gates of Sheol; I am to be 4deprived of the rest of my years.”11I said, “I will not see the Lord, The Lord 5in the land of the living; I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.12Like a shepherd’s 6tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a 7weaver I 8rolled up my life. He 9cuts me off from the loom; From 10day until night You make an end of me.13I composed my soul until morning. 11Like a lion--so He 12breaks all my bones, From 13day until night You make an end of me.14 14Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I 15moan like a dove; My 16eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my 17security.

15“18What shall I say? 19For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will 20wander about all my years because of the 21bitterness of my soul.16O Lord, 22by these things men live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; 23 24O restore me to health and 25let me live!17Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has 26 27kept my soul from the pit of 28nothingness, For You have 29cast all my sins behind Your back.18For 30Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down 31to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.19It is the 32living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A 33father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.20The Lord will surely save me; So we will 34play my songs on stringed instruments 35All the days of our life 36at the house of the Lord.”

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Notes

1. Isaiah 38:10 Ps 102:24 ↩
2. Isaiah 38:10 Lit days ↩
3. Isaiah 38:10 Ps 107:18 ↩
4. Isaiah 38:10 Job 17:11, 15; 2 Cor 1:9 ↩
5. Isaiah 38:11 Ps 27:13; 116:9 ↩
6. Isaiah 38:12 2 Cor 5:1, 4; 2 Pet 1:13, 14 ↩
7. Isaiah 38:12 Job 7:6 ↩
8. Isaiah 38:12 Heb 1:12 ↩
9. Isaiah 38:12 Job 6:9 ↩
10. Isaiah 38:12 Job 4:20; Ps 73:14 ↩
11. Isaiah 38:13 Job 10:16 ↩
12. Isaiah 38:13 Ps 51:8; Dan 6:24 ↩
13. Isaiah 38:13 Ps 32:4 ↩
14. Isaiah 38:14 Job 30:29; Ps 102:6 ↩
15. Isaiah 38:14 Is 59:11; Ezek 7:16; Nah 2:7 ↩
16. Isaiah 38:14 Ps 119:123 ↩
17. Isaiah 38:14 Job 17:3; Ps 119:122 ↩
18. Isaiah 38:15 Ps 39:9 ↩
19. Isaiah 38:15 Targum and DSS read And what shall I say for He ↩
20. Isaiah 38:15 1 Kin 21:27 ↩
21. Isaiah 38:15 Job 7:11; 10:1; Is 38:17 ↩
22. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 119:71, 75 ↩
23. Isaiah 38:16 Lit You will ↩
24. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 39:13 ↩
25. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 119:25 ↩
26. Isaiah 38:17 So some versions; Heb loved ↩
27. Isaiah 38:17 Ps 30:3; 86:13; Jon 2:6 ↩
28. Isaiah 38:17 Or destruction ↩
29. Isaiah 38:17 Is 43:25; Jer 31:34; Mic 7:19 ↩
30. Isaiah 38:18 Ps 6:5; 30:9; 88:11; Eccl 9:10 ↩
31. Isaiah 38:18 Num 16:33; Ps 28:1 ↩
32. Isaiah 38:19 Ps 118:17; 119:175 ↩
33. Isaiah 38:19 Deut 6:7; 11:19; Ps 78:5-7 ↩
34. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 33:1-3; 68:24-26 ↩
35. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 104:33; 116:2; 146:2 ↩
36. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 116:17-19 ↩

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