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17 Look! Bitterness was bitter to me for peace.
And you were the one who loved[a] my life from the pit of destruction,
    for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
18 For Sheol cannot praise you; death cannot praise you.
    Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living one praises you like me today;
    a father will make your faithfulness known to children.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:17 Or possibly “kept back,” which sounds similar in Hebrew