Isaiah 38:10
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Isaiah 38:10
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I said, "In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I am to be deprived of the rest of my years."
Isaiah 38:11
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I said, "I will not see the LORD, The LORD in the land of the living; I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
Isaiah 38:12
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"Like a shepherd's tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a weaver I rolled up my life. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.
Isaiah 38:13
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"I composed {my soul} until morning. Like a lion--so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me.
Isaiah 38:14
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"Like a swallow, {like} a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
Isaiah 38:15
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"What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Isaiah 38:16
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"O Lord, by {these} things {men} live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; O restore me to health and let me live!
Isaiah 38:17
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"Lo, for {my own} welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Isaiah 38:18
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"For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Isaiah 38:19
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"It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
Isaiah 38:20
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"The LORD will surely save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All {the} days of our life at the house of the LORD."
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