Isaiah 38:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

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  • Deut 8:3 : 3 And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
  • Job 33:19-28 : 19 Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones; 20 He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat; 21 His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ... 22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death. 23 If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him; 24 And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life: 25 Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength; 26 He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men; 27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin. 28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
  • Ps 71:20 : 20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
  • Ps 119:25 : 25 <DALETH> My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is. 11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

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