Isaiah 38:20

The Lord is there to help me; therefore we will play my hymns all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

Leeser Tanakh

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 alone shall thank thee, like me this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

21And Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the inflammation, and he shall recover.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:13(9:14) Be gracious unto me, O Lord; have regard to my affliction [coming] from those that hate me, thou who liftest me up from the gates of death:

Psalms 30:11(30:12) Thou hast changed my mourning into dancing for me; thou hast loosened my sack-cloth, and girded me with joy.

Psalms 51:15(51:17) O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

Psalms 68:25(68:26) First come singers, then follow players on instruments, in the midst of maidens playing on timbrels.

Psalms 116:17Unto thee will I offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and on the name of the Lord will I call.

Psalms 145:2Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy 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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