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13 I cried out until morning
    as if a lion had crushed all my bones.
        You ended my life in one day.
14 I chirped like swallows and cranes.
    I cooed like doves.
    My eyes were tired from looking up to heaven.
    I’ve suffered miserably, O Adonay!
        Please help me!

15 What can I say now that he has spoken to me?
    He has done this.
    I will be careful the rest of my life because of my bitter experience.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:15 Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.

13 I waited patiently(A) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke(B) all my bones;(C)
    day and night(D) you made an end of me.
14 I cried like a swift or thrush,
    I moaned like a mourning dove.(E)
My eyes grew weak(F) as I looked to the heavens.
    I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”(G)

15 But what can I say?(H)
    He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.(I)
I will walk humbly(J) all my years
    because of this anguish of my soul.(K)

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