Isa 38:14-17 | ESV | STEP | Like a swallow or a crane I chirp ; I moan like a dove . My eyes are weary with looking upward . O Lord , I am oppressed ; be my pledge of safety !

Isaiah 38:14-17

14 Like ^aa swallow or a crane I chirp;
^bI moan like a dove.
^cMy eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; ^dbe my pledge of safety!
15 What shall I say? For he has spoken to me,
and he himself has done it.
^eI walk slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 ^fO Lord, by these things men live,
and in all these is the life of my spirit.
Oh restore me to health and make me live!
17 ^gBehold, it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
^hbut in love you have delivered my life
from the pit of destruction,
ⁱfor you have cast all my sins
behind your back.