Isaiah 38:15
Good News Translation
What can I say? The LORD has done this. My heart is bitter, and I cannot sleep.

New Revised Standard Version
But what can I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. All my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul.

Contemporary English Version
There's nothing I can say in answer to you, since you are the one who has done this to me. My life has turned sour; I will limp until I die.

New American Bible
What am I to say or tell him? He is the one who has done it! All my sleep has fled, because of the bitterness of my soul.

Douay-Rheims Bible
What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

what

Joshua 7:8 My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?

Ezra 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

Psalm 39:9,10 I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it. . . .

John 12:27 Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came unto this hour.

I shall

1 Kings 21:27 And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put haircloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and slept in sackcloth, and walked with his head cast down.

in the

1 Samuel 1:10 As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears,

2 Kings 4:27 And when she came to the man of God, to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

Job 7:11 Wherefore, I will not spare my mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.

Job 10:1 My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 21:25 But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:

Context
Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving
14I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me. 15What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.16O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live.…
Cross References
1 Kings 21:27
And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put haircloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and slept in sackcloth, and walked with his head cast down.

Job 7:11
Wherefore, I will not spare my mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.

Job 10:1
My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Psalm 39:9
I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

Isaiah 38:17
Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Isaiah 38:14
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