New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 38:16-20

16O Lord, 1by these things men live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; 2 3O restore me to health and 4let me live!17Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has 5 6kept my soul from the pit of 7nothingness, For You have 8cast all my sins behind Your back.18For 9Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down 10to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.19It is the 11living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A 12father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.20The Lord will surely save me; So we will 13play my songs on stringed instruments 14All the days of our life 15at the house of the Lord.”

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Notes

1. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 119:71, 75 ↩
2. Isaiah 38:16 Lit You will ↩
3. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 39:13 ↩
4. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 119:25 ↩
5. Isaiah 38:17 So some versions; Heb loved ↩
6. Isaiah 38:17 Ps 30:3; 86:13; Jon 2:6 ↩
7. Isaiah 38:17 Or destruction ↩
8. Isaiah 38:17 Is 43:25; Jer 31:34; Mic 7:19 ↩
9. Isaiah 38:18 Ps 6:5; 30:9; 88:11; Eccl 9:10 ↩
10. Isaiah 38:18 Num 16:33; Ps 28:1 ↩
11. Isaiah 38:19 Ps 118:17; 119:175 ↩
12. Isaiah 38:19 Deut 6:7; 11:19; Ps 78:5-7 ↩
13. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 33:1-3; 68:24-26 ↩
14. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 104:33; 116:2; 146:2 ↩
15. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 116:17-19 ↩

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