以賽亞書 38:13

13 我 使 自 己 安 靜 直 到 天 亮 ； 他 像 獅 子 折 斷 我 一 切 的 骨 頭 ， 從 早 到 晚 ， 他 要 使 我 完 結 。

以賽亞書 38:13 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:13

I reckoned till morning
Or, "I set my time till the morning ^F13"; he fixed and settled it in his mind that he could live no longer than to the morning, if he lived so long; he thought he should have died before the night came on, and, now it was come, the utmost he could propose to himself was to live till morning; that was the longest time he could reckon of. According to the accents, it should be rendered, "I reckoned till morning as a lion"; or "I am like until the morning as a lion"; or, "I likened until the morning (God) as a lion"; I compared him to one; which agrees with what follows. The Targum is,

``I roared until morning, as a lion roars;''

through the force of the disease, and the pain he was in: or rather,

``I laid my bones together until the morning as a lion; "so indeed as a lion God" hath broken all my bones ^F14:''

so will he break all my bones;
or, "it will break"; that is, the sickness, as Kimchi and Jarchi; it lay in his bones, and so violent was the pain, that he thought all his bones were breaking in pieces; such is the case in burning fevers, as Jerom observes; so Kimchi interprets it of a burning fever, which is like a fire in the bones. Some understand this of God himself, to which our version directs, who may be said to do this by the disease: compare with this ( Job 16:14 ) and to this sense the following clause inclines: from day even tonight wilt thou make an end of me;
he lived till morning, which was more than he expected, and was the longest time he could set himself; and now be reckoned that before night it would be all over with him as to this world. This was the second day of his illness; and the third day he recovered, and went to the temple with his song of praise.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (rqb de ytywv) "statui, [vel] posui usque ad mane", Pagninus, Montanus; "constitui [rursum terminum] usque mane", Vatablus.
F14 Reinbeck de Accent Heb. p. 411.

以賽亞書 38:13 In-Context

11 我 說 ： 我 必 不 得 見 耶 和 華 ， 就 是 在 活 人 之 地 不 見 耶 和 華 ； 我 與 世 上 的 居 民 不 再 見 面 。

12 我 的 住 處 被 遷 去 離 開 我 ， 好 像 牧 人 的 帳 棚 一 樣 ； 我 將 性 命 捲 起 ， 像 織 布 的 捲 布 一 樣 。 耶 和 華 必 將 我 從 機 頭 剪 斷 ， 從 早 到 晚 ， 他 要 使 我 完 結 。

13 我 使 自 己 安 靜 直 到 天 亮 ； 他 像 獅 子 折 斷 我 一 切 的 骨 頭 ， 從 早 到 晚 ， 他 要 使 我 完 結 。

14 我 像 燕 子 呢 喃 ， 像 白 鶴 鳴 叫 ， 又 像 鴿 子 哀 鳴 ； 我 因 仰 觀 ， 眼 睛 困 倦 。 耶 和 華 啊 ， 我 受 欺 壓 ， 求 你 為 我 作 保 。

15 我 可 說 甚 麼 呢 ？ 他 應 許 我 的 ， 也 給 我 成 就 了 。 我 因 心 裡 的 苦 楚 ， 在 一 生 的 年 日 必 悄 悄 而 行 。