Isaiah 38:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Verely (LORDE,) men must lyue in bytternesse, & all my life must I passe ouer therin: For thou raysest me vp, and wakest me. But lo, I wilbe wel content with this bytternes.

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  • Deut 8:3 : 3 He chastened the, and let the hunger, and fed the with Manna (which thou and thy fathers knewe not) to make the knowe, that man lyueth not by bred onely, but by all that proceadeth out of the mouth of the LORDE.
  • Job 33:19-28 : 19 he chasteneth him with sicknesse, & bringeth him to his bed: he laieth sore punyshmet vpo his bones, 20 so that his life maye awaye wt no bred, & his soule abhorreth to eate eny dayntie meate: 21 In so moch, that his body is clene consumed awaye, & his bones appeare nomore. 22 His soule draweth on to destruccion, & his life to death. 23 Now yf there be an angel (one amonge a thousande) sent for to speake vnto ma, and to shewe him the right waye: 24 the the LORDE is mercifull vnto him, & sayeth: He shalbe delyuered, yt he fall not downe to destruccion, for I am sufficiently recociled. 25 Than his flesh (which hath bene in misery & trouble) shalbe, as it was in his youth. 26 For yf he submitte himself vnto God, he is gracious, & sheweth him his countenaunce ioyfully, & rewardeth man for his rightuousnes. 27 Soch a respecte hath he vnto me. Therfore let a man cofesse, (& saye:) I offended, but he hath chastened & refourmed me: I dyd vnrightuously, neuerthelesse he hath not recopensed me therafter. 28 Yee he hath delyuered my soule from destruccion, & my life, that it seyth ye light.
  • Ps 71:20 : 20 Therfore wil I prayse the & thy faithfulnesse (o God) playege vpon the lute, vnto the wil I synge vpon the harpe. o thou holy one of Israel.
  • Ps 119:25 : 25 My soule cleueth to the dust, O quicken thou me acordinge to thy worde.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou helpest him that doth right with cherefulnesse, and them that thynke vpon thy wayes. But lo, thou art angrie, for we offende, and haue bene euer in synne, and there is not one whole.
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 He answered & sayde: yt is wrytte: Man shall not lyue by bred onlye, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God.
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But whan we are iudged, we are chastened of ye LORDE, that we shulde not be daned with the worlde.
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For oure trouble, which is but temporall and lighte, worketh an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of glorye
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 And they verely for a few dayes nurtred vs after their awne pleasure: but he lerneth vs vnto yt which is profitable, that we mighte receaue of his holynes. 11 No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but greuous: neuertheles afterwarde it bringeth the quyete frute of righteousnes, vnto them which are exercysed therby.

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  • 15 What shal I speake or say, ethat he maye this doo? yt I maye lyue out all my yeares, yee in the bytternesse of my life?

  • 17 Neuertheles my couersacion hath so pleased ye, that thou woldest not make an ende of my life, so that thou hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe.

  • 12 Thou hast graunted me life, and done me good: and the diligent hede that thou tokest vpon me, hath preserued my sprete.

  • Ps 118:17-18
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    17 I wil not dye, but lyue, and declare the workes of the LORDE.

    18 The LORDE hath chastened & correcte me, but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death.

  • Job 27:2-3
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    2 As truly as God lyueth (which hath taken awaye my power fro me) & the Allmightie, that hath vexed my mynde:

    3 My lippes shall talke of no vanite, and my tonge shal speake no disceate,

  • Isa 38:10-11
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    10 I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and haue wanted the residue of my yeares.

    11 I spake within my self: I shal neuer viset the LORDE God in this life: I shal neuer se man, amonge the dwellers of the worlde

  • 30 that he kepeth his soule from perishinge, & latteth him enioye the light of ye lyuinge.

  • 14 Maye a deed man lyue agayne? All the dayes of this my pilgremage am I lokynge, when my chaunginge shal come.

  • Ps 30:2-3
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    2 O LORDE my God, I cried vnto the, and thou hast healed me.

    3 Thou LORDE hast brought my soule out of hell: thou hast kepte my life, where as they go downe to the pytte.

  • 11 Quycke me (o LORDE) for thy names sake, and for thy rightuousnesse sake brynge my soule out of trouble.

  • Ps 116:8-9
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    8 And why? thou hast delyuered my soule from death, myne eyes from teares, and my fete from fallinge.

    9 I wil walke before ye LORDE, in the londe of the lyuynge.

  • 4 The sprete of God hath made me, & the breth of the Allmightie hath geue me my life.

  • 58 Thou (O LORDE) hast mayntened the cause of my soule, and hast redemed my life.

  • 3 And now o LORDE, take my life fro me (I beseke the) for I had rather dye then lyue.

  • 13 Oh spare me a litle, that I maye refresh myself, before I go hence, and be nomore sene.

  • 14 Heale me (o LORDE) and I shall be whole: saue thou me, and I shalbe saued, for thou art my prayse.

  • 5 Cosidre my complaynte, for I am brought very lowe.

  • 28 Yee he hath delyuered my soule from destruccion, & my life, that it seyth ye light.

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    9 Thou hast not delyuered me ouer in to the hodes of the enemie, but hast set my fete in a large rowme.

    10 Haue mercy vpon me, O LORDE, for I am in trouble, myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse, yee my soule and my body.

  • 6 Wilt thou not turne agayne, & quycken vs, that thy people maye reioyse in the?

  • 50 For it is my comforte in my trouble, yee thy worde quyckeneth me.

  • 39 Wherfore them murmureth the lyuinge man? let him murmoure at his owne synne,

  • 25 My soule cleueth to the dust, O quicken thou me acordinge to thy worde.

  • Isa 38:19-20
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    19 but the lyuynge, yee the lyuynge acknowlege the, like as I do this daye. The father telleth his children of thy faithfulnesse.

    20 Delyuer vs (o LORDE) and we wil synge prayses in thy house, all the dayes of oure life.

  • 5 Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto these bones: Beholde, I will put breth in to you, that ye maye lyue:

  • 175 Oh let my soule lyue & prayse the, yt thy iudgmentes maye helpe me.

  • 12 O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne, and stablish me with thy fre sprete.

  • Ps 146:1-2
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    1 Prayse the LORDE (o my soule:) whyle I lyue wil I prayse the LORDE, yee as loge as I haue eny beynge, I wil synge prayses vnto my God.

    2 O put not yor trust in prynces, ner in the childe of man, for there is no helpe in the.

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    3 For the enemie persecuteth my soule, he smyteth my life downe to the grounde, he layeth me in the darcknesse, as the deed men of the worlde.

    4 Therfore is my sprete vexed within me, and my herte within me is desolate.

  • 20 Therfore wil I prayse the & thy faithfulnesse (o God) playege vpon the lute, vnto the wil I synge vpon the harpe. o thou holy one of Israel.

  • 48 O remembre how shorte my tyme is, hast thou made all men for naught?

  • 15 For in the (O LORDE) is my trust, thou shalt heare me, O LORDE my God.

  • 14 Wherfore do I beare my flesh in my teth, and my soule in myne hondes?

  • 1 My breth fayleth, my dayes are shortened, I am harde at deathes dore.

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    4 Turne the (o LORDE) & delyuer my soule: Oh saue me, for thy mercies sake.

  • 6 The Lorde slayeth, and geueth life: he ledeth vnto hell, and bryngeth out agayne.

  • 18 kepeth his soule from destruccion, & his life from ye swearde.

  • 16 I can se no remedy, I shall lyue nomore: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne

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    2 Haue mercy vpon me (o LORDE) for I am weake: o LORDE heale me, for all my bones are vexed.

  • 23 Sure I am, yt thou wilt delyuer me vnto death: where as a lodgyng is prepared for all me

  • 26 that I shal be clothed againe with this skynne, and se God in my flesh.