Isaiah 38:15-17

The Voice

¹⁵     But what can I say? God has spoken to me.
        Things are as He made them.
    So I am determined to go slowly, make the most of my years,
        even though I am bitter to the core.
¹⁶     But I so wanted to live! So I prayed, “Lord, by these things, people live
        and my spirit is grounded in the same.
    So heal me, let me live!”
¹⁷     Paradoxically, my bitter experience was pushing me toward wholeness.
        For You, God, have put behind all my shortcomings and wrongdoings.
    You have rescued me from death.
        You pulled me from a black hole of nothingness and held me close to You.