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Isaiah 38:17

Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter. But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. You have cast all my sins behind your back.

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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, if such is life, and if the life of my spirit is of such a kind, may you correct me and may you cause me to live.

18For Hell will not confess to you, and death will not praise you. Those who descend into the pit will not hope for your truth.

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Cross References

Job 3:25for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me.

Psalms 10:2I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”

Psalms 30:6Into your hands, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.

Psalms 85:2Preserve my soul, for I am holy. My God, bring salvation to your servant who hopes in you.

Psalms 88:4I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:

Psalms 103:4You make your Angels a breath of life, and your ministers a burning fire.

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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