Isaiah 38:16 - Tree of Life Version Adonai, by such things men live, and my spirit has life in them too. Restore me to health, and let me live! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O Lord, by these things men live, And in all these things is the life of my spirit: So wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, by these things men live; and in all these is the life of my spirit. O give me back my health and make me live! American Standard Version (1901) O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Common English Bible The LORD Most High is the one who gives life to every heart, who gives life to the spirit! Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord, if such is life, and if the life of my spirit is of such a kind, may you correct me and may you cause me to live. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me and make me to live. |
It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I may learn Your decrees.
I know, Adonai, Your judgments are just. In faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Hear my prayer, Adonai, and listen to my cry— do not keep silent at my tears. For with You I am an outsider, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
You made me see many troubles and evils —You will revive me again— from the depths of the earth You will bring me up again.
For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a filthy garment, and all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away, like the wind.
But He replied, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we might not be condemned along with the world.
For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
He afflicted you and let you hunger, then He fed you manna —which neither you nor your fathers had known—in order to make you understand that man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of Adonai.
Besides, we are used to having human fathers as instructors—and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?