Isa 38:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. Lord . . . Lord —The repetition, as in , expresses the excited feeling of the king's mind. See the Lord (Jehovah)—figuratively for "to enjoy His good gifts." So, in a similar connection ( ). "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living"; ( ), "What man is he that desireth life that he may see good? " world —rather, translate: "among the inhabitants of the land of stillness, " that is, Hades [MAURER ], in parallel antithesis to "the land of the living" in the first clause. The Hebrew comes from a root, to "rest" or "cease" ( ).

Isaiah 38:11

11. Lord . . . Lord—The repetition, as in Isa 38:19, expresses the excited feeling of the king's mind.

See the Lord (Jehovah)—figuratively for "to enjoy His good gifts." So, in a similar connection (Ps 27:13). "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living"; (Ps 34:12), "What man is he that desireth life that he may see good?"

world—rather, translate: "among the inhabitants of the land of stillness," that is, Hades [MAURER], in parallel antithesis to "the land of the living" in the first clause. The Hebrew comes from a root, to "rest" or "cease" (Job 14:6).