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

16 O Lord, by these things men live,
    and in all these is the life of my spirit.[b]
    Oh, restore me to health and make me live!
17 Lo, it was for my welfare
    that I had great bitterness;
but thou hast held back[c] my life
    from the pit of destruction,
for thou hast cast all my sins
    behind thy back.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:15 Cn Compare Syr: Heb I will walk slowly all my years
  2. Isaiah 38:16 Heb uncertain
  3. Isaiah 38:17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved

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