Isaiah 38:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹²My life was taken from me
like the tent that a shepherd
    pulls up and moves.
You cut me off like thread
    from a weaver's loom;
you make a wreck of me
    day and night.

¹³Until morning came, I thought
you would crush my bones
    just like a hungry lion;
both night and day
    you make a wreck of me.^[a]
¹⁴I cry like a swallow;
    I mourn like a dove.
My eyes are red
    from looking to you, Lord.
I am in terrible trouble.
    Please come and help me.^[b]

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Footnotes

38.13 of me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 13.
38.14 help me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 14.