Isaiah 38:20

O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

In Context

19The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

21And Isaiah said, Let them take a cake of figs, and put it on the diseased place, and he will get well.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:13\9:12\When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

Psalms 30:11\30:10\Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper.

Psalms 51:15\51:13\Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.

Psalms 68:25\68:24\We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place.

Psalms 116:17I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord.

Psalms 145:2Every day will I give you blessing, praising your name for ever and ever.

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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