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Isaiah 38:17 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 38 · verse 17
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.Isaiah 38:17 · King James Version
Isaiah 38:17 in context
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
16O 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.
17Behold, 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.
18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
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Key words (Strong's)
- bitternessmarbitterH4751 →
- bitternessmârarto be bitterH4843 →
- corruptionbᵉlîyproperly, failureH1097 →
- behindʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- peaceshâlôwmsafeH7965 →
- lovechâshaqto clingH2836 →
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We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving-song, which he penned, by divine direction, after his recovery. He might have taken some of the psalms of his father David, and made use of them for his purpose; he might have found many very pertinent ones.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-22