Isaiah 38:9-20
prayer <04385> [writing.]
sick <02470> [he had.]
We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving song, which he penned by Divine direction, after his recovery. He might have used some of the Psalms of David his father, as he had appointed the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, 2 Ch 29:30, but the occasion here was extraordinary. His heart being full of devout affections, he would not confine himself to the compositions he had, though of Divine inspiration, but offered up his praises in his own words. The Lord put a new song into his mouth. He put his thanksgiving into writing, that he might review it himself afterwards, for the reviving of the good impressions made upon him by the providential interference, and that it might be recommended to others also for their use upon the like occasion. # 2Ch 29:30
taken away <01540> [is removed.]
shepherd's <07473> [as a.]
rolled up <07088> [have cut.]
cuts me off <01214> [he will cut.]
loom <01803> [with pining sickness. or, from the thrum.]
lion <0738> [as a lion.]
thrush <05483> [a crane.]
coo <01897> [I did mourn.]
eyes <05869> [mine eyes.]
oppressed <06234> [I am.]
help <06148> [undertake for me. or, ease me.]
say <01696> [What.]
walk slowly <01718> [I shall.]
grief <04751> [in the.]
grief ... experienced ..... benefit <04751 07965> [for peace I had great bitterness. or, on my peace came great bitterness.]
delivered me .... pit <05315 07845 02836> [in love to my soul delivered it from the pit. Heb. loved my soul from the pit.]
removed <07993> [thou hast cast.]
Sheol <07585> [the grave.]
descend <03381> [they that.]
living .... living <02416> [the living.]
father <01> [the father.]
celebrate <05058> [therefore.]
music .... rest ... our <05059> [to the stringed.]
