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I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years.
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good.
In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.” ’
What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
A poem by King Hezekiah of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:
I sank to the foundations of the mountains, the earth’s gates shut behind me for ever! Then you raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!