Isaiah 38:17

See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

In Context

16O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

18For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

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Cross References

Job 3:25For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.

Psalms 10:2The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

Psalms 30:6\30:5\For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalms 85:2\85:1\Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.

Psalms 88:4\88:3\For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

Psalms 103:4He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 38:10-22

Hezekiah's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11 I said, I shall not see the Lord , even the Lord , in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will… Read the whole commentary →

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