New American Standard Bible 2020

Isaiah 38:15-20

15“1What shall I say? 2For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will 3walk 4quietly all my years because of the 5bitterness of my soul.16Lord, 6by these things people live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; 7 8Restore me to health and 9let me live!17Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have 10 11kept my soul from the pit of 12nothingness, For You have 13hurled all my sins behind Your back.18For 14Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down 15to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.19It is the 16living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A 17father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.20The Lord is certain to save me; So we will 18play my songs on stringed instruments 19All the days of our life 20at the house of the Lord.”

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Notes

1. Isaiah 38:15 Ps 39:9 ↩
2. Isaiah 38:15 Targum and DSS And what shall I say for He ↩
3. Isaiah 38:15 1 Kin 21:27 ↩
4. Isaiah 38:15 Or slowly ↩
5. Isaiah 38:15 Job 7:11; 10:1; Is 38:17 ↩
6. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 119:71, 75 ↩
7. Isaiah 38:16 Lit You will ↩
8. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 39:13 ↩
9. Isaiah 38:16 Ps 119:25 ↩
10. Isaiah 38:17 As in some ancient versions; MT loved ↩
11. Isaiah 38:17 Ps 30:3; 86:13; Jon 2:6 ↩
12. Isaiah 38:17 Or destruction ↩
13. Isaiah 38:17 Is 43:25; Jer 31:34; Mic 7:19 ↩
14. Isaiah 38:18 Ps 6:5; 30:9; 88:11; Eccl 9:10 ↩
15. Isaiah 38:18 Num 16:33; Ps 28:1 ↩
16. Isaiah 38:19 Ps 118:17; 119:175 ↩
17. Isaiah 38:19 Deut 6:7; 11:19; Ps 78:5-7 ↩
18. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 33:1-3; 68:24-26 ↩
19. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 104:33; 116:2; 146:2 ↩
20. Isaiah 38:20 Ps 116:17-19 ↩

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