Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 38:16-20

16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.1 2

18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

20Yhwh was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Yhwh.

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Notes

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

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