Isaiah 38:17-19

New International Reader's Version

¹⁷ I’m sure it was for my benefit
    that I suffered such great pain.
You love me. You kept me
    from going down into the pit of death.
You have put all my sins
    behind your back.
¹⁸ People in the grave can’t praise you.
    Dead people can’t sing praise to you.
Those who go down to the grave
    can’t hope for you to be faithful to them.
¹⁹ It is those who are alive who praise you.
    And that’s what I’m doing today.
Parents tell their children
    about how faithful you are.