Isaiah 38:15

— What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

Young's Literal Translation

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 crane — a swallow — so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression [is] on me, be my surety.

16Lord, by these do [men] live, And by all in them [is] the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:10And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,

2 Kings 4:27And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, 'Let her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden [it] from me, and hath not declared [it] to me.'

Job 7:11Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 21:25And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

Psalms 116:1I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication,

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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