Isaiah 38:16-20

¹⁶O Lord, by such things men live,

and in all of them my spirit finds life.

You have restored me to health

and have let me live.

¹⁷Surely for my own welfare

I had such great anguish;

but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion,

for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

¹⁸For Sheol cannot thank You;

Death cannot praise You.

Those who descend to the Pit

cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

¹⁹The living, only the living, can thank You,

as I do today;

fathers will tell their children

about Your faithfulness.

²⁰The LORD will save me;

we will play songs on stringed instruments

all the days of our lives

in the house of the LORD.

— Isaiah 38:16-20

(BSB)

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Cross References for Isaiah 38:16-20

• Isaiah 43:25
• Ecclesiastes 9:10
• Deuteronomy 6:7
• Micah 7:18-19
• Psalm 30:9
• Jonah 2:6
• Psalm 6:5
• Jeremiah 31:34
• Psalm 30:3
• Psalm 86:13

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