Isaiah 38:10-20 (New American Standard)
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I said, "1In the middle of my alife I am to enter the 2gates of Sheol ; I am to be 3deprived of the rest of my years."
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I said, "I will not see the LORD, The LORD 4in the land of the living ; I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
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"Like a shepherd's 5tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a 6weaver I 7rolled up my life. He 8cuts me off from the loom ; From 9day until night You make an end of me.
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"I composed my soul until morning. 10Like a lion -so He 11breaks all my bones, From 12day until night You make an end of me.
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"13Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter ; I 14moan like a dove ; My 15eyes look wistfully to the heights ; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my 16security.
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"17What shall I say ? bFor He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will 18wander about all my years because of the 19bitterness of my soul.
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"O Lord, 20by these things men live, And in all these is the life of my spirit ; c21O restore me to health and 22let me live !
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"Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness ; It is You who has d23kept my soul from the pit of enothingness, For You have 24cast all my sins behind Your back.
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"For 25Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down 26to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
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"It is the 27living who give thanks to You, as I do today ; A 28father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
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"The LORD will surely save me; So we will 29play my songs on stringed instruments 30All the days of our life 31at the house of the LORD."
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California. All rights reserved. (New American Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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