Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
Isaiah 38:17 - Revised Standard Version Lo, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but thou hast held back my life from the pit of destruction, for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, it was for my peace that I had intense bitterness; but You have loved back my life from the pit of corruption and nothingness, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. Common English Bible Look, he indeed exchanged my bitterness for wholeness. You yourself have spared my whole being from the pit of destruction, because you have cast all my sins behind your back. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter. But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. You have cast all my sins behind your back. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, in peace is my bitterness most bitter. But thou best delivered my soul that it should not perish: thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. |
Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
and he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit, I have found a ransom;
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised.
as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.
Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin. Selah
For great is thy steadfast love toward me; thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
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.
“I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘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 I will remember their sin no more.”
at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple.