Isaiah 38:16-18

New Century Version

¹⁶ Lord, because of you, people live.
    Because of you, my spirit also lives;
you made me well and let me live.
¹⁷ It was for my own good
    that I had such troubles.
Because you love me very much,
    you did not let me die
but threw my sins
    far away.
¹⁸ People in the place of the dead cannot praise you;
    those who have died cannot sing praises to you;
those who die don’t trust you
    to help them.