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Isaiah 38:9-20
Hezekiah's psalm of praise. ()
9 Canticle of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery.
10 I thought: In the noon of my life I am to depart.
At the gates of Sheol I shall be held for the rest of my days. 11 I thought: I shall never see Yahweh again in the land of the living,
I shall never see again a single one of those who live on earth. 12 My home has been pulled up, and thrown away like a shepherd's tent;
like a weaver, I have rolled up my life,
he has cut me from the loom.
From dawn to dark, you have been making an end of me; 13 till daybreak, I cried for help;
like a lion, he has crushed all my bones,
from dawn to dark, you have been making an end of me. 14 I twitter like a swallow, I moan like a dove,
my eyes have grown dim from looking up.
Lord, I am overwhelmed, come to my help. 15 How can I speak and what can I say to him?
He is the one to act.
I must eke out the rest of my years in bitterness of soul. 16 The Lord is over them; they live,
and everything in them lives by his spirit.
You will cure me. Restore me to life. 17 At once, my bitterness turns to well-being.
For you have preserved my soul from the pit of nothingness,
you have thrust all my sins behind you. 18 For Sheol cannot praise you, nor Death celebrate you;
those who go down to the pit can hope no longer in your constancy. 19 The living, the living are the ones who praise you, as I do today.
Fathers tell their sons about your constancy. 20 Yahweh, come to my help
and we will make our harps resound
all the days of our life
in the Temple of Yahweh.
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