Today's Readings
Isaiah 38 : 10 - 20
10 | I said, "In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years." |
11 | I said, "I shall not see Yah, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world. |
12 | My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd's tent; I have cut off my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me. |
13 | I have considered until morning--Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me. |
14 | Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me! |
15 | "What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done it. I shall walk carefully all my years In the bitterness of my soul. |
16 | O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live. |
17 | Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. |
18 | For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth. |
19 | The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children. |
20 | "The LORD was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the LORD." |