Isaiah 38:16-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ O Lord, by these things men live,
    and in all these is the life of my spirit.^[a]
    Oh, restore me to health and make me live!
¹⁷ Lo, it was for my welfare
    that I had great bitterness;
but thou hast held back^[b] my life
    from the pit of destruction,
for thou hast cast all my sins
    behind thy back.
¹⁸ For Sheol cannot thank thee,
    death cannot praise thee;
those who go down to the pit cannot hope
    for thy faithfulness.