Isaiah 38:10-15

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁰ “I once said: ‘In the prime of life
I am going off to the gates of Sh’ol.
I am being deprived of living out
the full span of my life.’
¹¹ “I said, ‘I will never again see Yah,
Yah in the land of the living;
I will look on human beings no more
or be with those who live in this world.
¹² My home is uprooted and taken away
from me like a shepherd’s tent.
Like a weaver, I have rolled up my life;
he cuts me off from the loom.
Between day and night you could finish me off.
¹³ I try to be strong like a lion till morning,
but still my illness breaks all my bones —
between day and night you could finish me off.
¹⁴ I make little chattering sounds like a swallow,
I moan aloud like a dove,
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
Adonai, I am overwhelmed; guarantee my life!’

¹⁵ “What is there that I can say?
He has spoken to me and acted!
I will go humbly all my years,
remembering how bitter I was.