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Isaiah 38:16-20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

16 Those live whom the Lord protects;
    yours is the life of my spirit.
You have given me health and restored my life!
17     Peace in place of bitterness!
You have preserved my life
    from the pit of destruction;
Behind your back
    you cast all my sins.[a]
18 [b]For it is not Sheol that gives you thanks,
    nor death that praises you;
Neither do those who go down into the pit
    await your kindness.(A)
19 The living, the living give you thanks,
    as I do today.
Parents declare to their children,
    O God, your faithfulness.
20 The Lord is there to save us.
    We shall play our music
In the house of the Lord
    all the days of our life.

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Footnotes

  1. 38:17 Behind your back you cast all my sins: figurative language to express the divine forgiveness of sins, as if God no longer saw or cared about them.
  2. 38:18–19 See note on Ps 6:6.
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Isaiah 38:16-20
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16 Lord, by such things people live;
    and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
    and let me live.(A)
17 Surely it was for my benefit(B)
    that I suffered such anguish.(C)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit(D) of destruction;
you have put all my sins(E)
    behind your back.(F)
18 For the grave(G) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;(H)
those who go down to the pit(I)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living—they praise(J) you,
    as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(K)
    about your faithfulness.

20 The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing(L) with stringed instruments(M)
all the days of our lives(N)
    in the temple(O) of the Lord.

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