Isaiah 38:17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Surely it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but you have held back my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

Cross References

Job 29:18

Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;

Job 33:24

and he is gracious to that person, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit; I have found a ransom;

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Psalm 103:12

as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us.

Psalm 103:3

who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

Psalm 103:4

who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

Psalm 30:3

O Lord, you brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.

Psalm 40:2

He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will cast them down into the lowest pit; the bloodthirsty and treacherous shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

Psalm 85:2

You forgave the iniquity of your people; you pardoned all their sin. Selah

Psalm 86:13

For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Isaiah 38:15

But what can I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. All my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul.

Isaiah 43:25

I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Jeremiah 31:34

No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.

Jonah 2:6

at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.

Jonah 2:7

As my life was ebbing away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.