Isaiah 38:15

What can I say? Since he hath promised for me, Himself, will perform. I will go softly, all my years. Because of the bitterness of my soul,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

14As a twittering swallow, so, do I chatter, I coo as a dove,—Mine eyes languish through looking on high, O My Lord! distress is upon me—my Surety!

16O My Lord! on those things do men live,—And, altogether in them, is the life of my spirit, When thou hast strengthened me and made me live.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:10and, she being in bitterness of soul, prayed unto Yahweh, and, wept sore.

2 Kings 4:27But, when she came unto the man of God, on the mount, she caught hold of his feet,—and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away, when the man of God said—Let her alone! for, her life, is embittered to her, howbeit, Yahweh, hath hidden it from me, and hath not told me.

Job 7:11I also, cannot restrain my mouth,—I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 21:25Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune:

Psalms 116:1I love Yahweh—because he heareth my voice, my supplications;

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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