Isaiah
Chapters 38:10-16
Revised Version 1885
10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12Mine age is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up like a weaver my life; he will cut me off from the loom: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward; O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
16O Lord, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit: wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.