16 O Lord, by these things men live,and in all these things is the life of my spirit;O restore me to healthand make me live!
17 Surely it was for my own peacethat I had great bitterness;but You have kept my soulfrom the pit of corruption,for You have cast all my sinsbehind Your back.
18 For Sheol cannot thank You,death cannot praise You;those who go down into the pitcannot hope for Your faithfulness.
19 It is the living who give thanks to You,as I do this day;a father explains to his sonsabout Your faithfulness.
20 The Lord shall surely save me;therefore, we will sing my songs to the stringed instrumentsall the days of our livesin the house of the Lord.
21 For Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and lay it on the boil, and he shall recover.”
22 Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”