Isaiah 38:10-18
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
10 I said: In the noontide 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
in the land of the living;
I shall look upon mortals no more
among the inhabitants of the world.
12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent;
like a weaver I have rolled up my life;
he cuts me off from the loom;
from day to night you bring me to an end;[a]
13 I cry for help[b] until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
from day to night you bring me to an end.[c]
14 Like a swallow or a crane[d] I clamor,
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!
15 But what can I say? For he has spoken to me,
and he himself has done it.
All my sleep has fled[e]
because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things people live,
and in all these is the life of my spirit.[f]
Oh, restore me to health and make me live!
17 Surely it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
but you have held back[g] my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.
18 For Sheol cannot thank you,
death cannot praise you;
those who go down to the Pit cannot hope
for your faithfulness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:13 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:15 Cn Compare Syr: Heb I will walk slowly all my years
- Isaiah 38:16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 38:17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved
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