Isaiah 38:17

Behold, my anguish is changed into ease; In love thou hast delivered me from the pit of destruction; Thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Noyes Bible

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

16Lord, it is thus that men live; From thee alone cometh the life of my spirit; Thou hast restored me, and caused me to live.

18For the under-world cannot praise thee; The realms of death cannot celebrate thee; They that go down to the pit cannot wait for thy faithfulness.

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Cross References

Job 3:25For that which I dread overtaketh me; That at which I shudder cometh upon me.

Psalms 10:2Through the haughtiness of the wicked the poor are in distress; They are caught in the wiles which are contrived for them.

Psalms 30:6I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved!”

Psalms 85:2Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people, And cover all their sins! [[Pause.]]

Psalms 88:4I am counted with those who are going down to the pit; I am like one who hath no strength.

Psalms 103:4Who redeemeth thy life from the grave; Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

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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