Isa 38:20 | JFB | STEP | 20. was ready —not in the Hebrew; "Jehovah was for my salvation," that is, saved me (compare ). we —I and my people. in the house of the Lord —This song was designed, as many of the other Psalms, as a form to be used in public worship at stated times, perhaps on every anniversary of his recovery; hence "all the days of our life." lump of figs —a round cake of figs pressed into a mass ( ). God works by means; the meanest of which He can make effectual. boil

Isaiah 38:20

20. was ready—not in the Hebrew; "Jehovah was for my salvation," that is, saved me (compare Isa 12:2).

we—I and my people.

in the house of the Lord—This song was designed, as many of the other Psalms, as a form to be used in public worship at stated times, perhaps on every anniversary of his recovery; hence "all the days of our life."

lump of figs—a round cake of figs pressed into a mass (1Sa 25:18). God works by means; the meanest of which He can make effectual.

boil—inflamed ulcer, produced by the plague.