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Isaiah 38:20

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38:20The Lord is about to deliver me,38

and we will celebrate with music39

for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.”40

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Footnotes

  1. 38 The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See §114.i, and §36.2.3g.
  2. 39 Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”
  3. 40 Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.” Note that vv. 21–22 have been placed between vv. 6–7, where they logically belong. See 2 Kgs 20:7–8.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord will save me,

and we will play my music on stringed instruments

all the days of our lives,

at the house of the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord will save me,

and we will sing with stringed instruments

all the days of our lives

in the temple of the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord is ready to save me;

we will play stringed instruments

all the days of our lives

at the house of the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

Think of it—the Lord is ready to heal me!

I will sing his praises with instruments

every day of my life

in the Temple of the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh, save me, and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the temple of Yahweh.”

KJV 1900King James Version

The Lord was ready to save me:

Therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments

All the days of our life in the house of the Lord.