Isaiah 38:17

For thou hast chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and thou hast cast all my sins behind me.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

16Yea, O Lord, for it was told thee concerning this; and thou hast revived my breath; and I am comforted, and live.

18For they that are in the grave shall not praise thee, neither shall the dead bless thee, neither shall they that are in Hades hope for thy mercy.

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Cross References

Job 3:25For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, 1 And that which I had feared has befallen me. 1

Psalms 10:2For behold the sinners have bent their bow, 1 They have prepared their arrows for the quiver, 1 To shoot privily at the upright in heart. 1

Psalms 30:6Into thy hands I will commit my spirit: 1 Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 1

Psalms 85:2Preserve my soul, for I am holy; 1 Save thy servant, O God, who hopes in thee. 1

Psalms 88:4I made a covenant with my chosen ones, 1 I swore unto David my servant. 1

Psalms 103:4Who makes his angels spirits, 1 And his ministers a flaming fire. 1

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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