Isaiah 38:16-22 ▼

16 “O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these is the life of my spirit; O restore me to health, and let me live!

17 “Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is Thou who hast kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back.

18 “For Sheol cannot thank Thee, Death cannot praise Thee; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Thy faithfulness.

19 “It is the living who give thanks to Thee, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Thy faithfulness.

20 “The LORD will surely save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the LORD.”

21 Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”

22 Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?”