“My strength is gone,\par so I have no hope to go on living.\par I don’t know what will happen to me,\par so I have no reason to be patient.\par
Isaiah 38:10 - Easy To Read Version I told myself I would live to be old.\par But then it was my time to go through\par the gates of Sheol. {\cf2\super [365]} \par Now I will spend all of my time there.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I said, In the noontide and tranquillity of my days I must depart; I am to pass through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), deprived of the remainder of my years. American Standard Version (1901) I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years. Common English Bible I thought, I must depart in the prime of my life; I have been relegated to the gates of the underworld for the rest of my life. Catholic Public Domain Version "I said: In the middle of my days, I will go to the gates of Hell. So I sought the remainder of my years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell. I sought for the residue of my years. |
“My strength is gone,\par so I have no hope to go on living.\par I don’t know what will happen to me,\par so I have no reason to be patient.\par
God, remember, my life is only a breath.\par I will never see anything good again.\par
So I said,\par “Don’t let me die while I am still young.\par God, you will live forever and ever!\par
Long ago, you made the world.\par You made the sky with your own hands!\par
God’s followers, you should love the Lord!\par The Lord protects people that are loyal to him.\par But the Lord punishes people that brag about their own power.\par He gives them the punishment they deserve.\par
Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.
At that time, Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him.
This is the letter from Hezekiah when he became well from the sickness:
I was at the bottom of the sea,\par the place where mountains begin.\par I thought I was locked in this prison forever.\par But the Lord my God took me out\par of my grave!\par God, you gave me life again!\par
Truly in our own hearts we believed that we would die. But this happened so that we would not trust in ourselves. It happened so that we would trust in God, who raises people from death.