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14 I chirp weakly like a swift or a swallow.
I mourn like a dove.
My eyes are tired from looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed.
Be my security.

15 What can I say?
He has spoken to me, and he is the one to act.
I will march slowly throughout all my years,
because my heart is bitter.[a]
16 Lord, people live because you give them life.
My spirit lives through this.[b]
Restore me, and let me live.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:15 The translation follows the Hebrew. The Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah and the Syriac read What can I say? I will say to him that he is the one to act. I cannot sleep, because my heart is bitter.
  2. Isaiah 38:16 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  3. Isaiah 38:16 Or you restore me, and you let me live!