Text -- Isaiah 38:16 (NET)

38:16 O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 38:16

¹ tn The translation offered here is purely speculative. The text as it stands is meaningless and probably corrupt. It reads literally, “O lord, on account of them [the suffix is masculine plural], they live, and to all in them [the suffix is feminine plural], life of my spirit.”

² tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as indicative, “you restore my health,” but the following imperatival form suggests it be understood as an imperfect of request.