Isaiah 38:17-19

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁷ Yes, it was good for me to have this trouble.
    You rescued me from the deep hole of death.
You removed my sins,
    and you put them behind your back.
¹⁸ Dead people in their graves cannot praise you.
    They cannot sing to thank you.
People who go down into the deep hole of death
    cannot trust you to help them.
¹⁹ It is those people who are alive that can thank you.
    And I am doing it today.
Fathers tell their children that they can trust you.