Isaiah 38:20

Modern

The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.

Traditional

The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

Literal

YHWH will save me, and strings we will pluck all the days of our lives in the house of YHWH.

Latin

Domine, salvum me fac! et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ in domo Domini.

Hebrew

English

The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.

Hezekiah’s poem includes both lament (Isaiah 38:9–14) and praise (38:15–20). The praise remains restrained until the final verse.

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 116:2
Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
Psalm 145:2
Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
Psalm 150:4
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
Psalm 66:13–15
I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
Psalm 30:11–12
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Psalm 51:15
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Psalm 33:2
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
Psalm 116:17–19
I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Psalm 9:13–14
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
Psalm 68:25
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
Psalm 27:5–6
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
Habakkuk 3:19
GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.