Isaiah 38:15

What will I say?He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it.I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

New Heart English Bible

In The King James Version

What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

In Context

14I chattered like a swallow or a crane.I moaned like a dove.My eyes weaken looking upward.Lord, I am oppressed.Be my security."

16Lord, men live by these things;and my spirit finds life in all of them:you restore me, and cause me to live.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:10She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly.

2 Kings 4:27When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told me."

Job 7:11"Therefore I will not keep silent.I will speak in the anguish of my spirit.I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 21:25Another dies in bitterness of soul,and never tastes of good.

Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, because he listens to my voice,and my cries for mercy.

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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