Isa 38:9-20 | ESV | STEP | A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah , after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness :

Isaiah 38:9-20

9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

10 I said, ^aIn the middle ^{▼▼Or In the quiet} of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see the Lord,
the Lord ^cin the land of the living;
I shall look on man no more
among the inhabitants of the world.
12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
^dlike a shepherd’s tent;
^elike a weaver ^fI have rolled up my life;
^ghe cuts me off from the loom;
^hfrom day to night you bring me to an end;
13 ⁱI calmed myself ^{▼▼Or (with Targum) I cried for help} until morning;
like a lion ^khe breaks all my bones;
from day to night you bring me to an end.
14 Like ^la swallow or a crane I chirp;
^mI moan like a dove.
ⁿMy eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; ^obe my pledge of safety!
15 What shall I say? For he has spoken to me,
and he himself has done it.
^pI walk slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 ^qO 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 ^rBehold, it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
^sbut in love you have delivered my life
from the pit of destruction,
^tfor you have cast all my sins
behind your back.
18 ^uFor Sheol does not thank you;
death does not praise you;
those who go down to the pit do not hope
for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living, he thanks you,
as I do this day;
^vthe father makes known to the children
your faithfulness.
20 The Lord will save me,
and we will play my music on stringed instruments
all the days of our lives,
^wat the house of the Lord.