Catholic Public Domain Version
"I hoped, even until morning. Like a lion, so has he crushed all my bones. From morning until evening, you have marked my limits. "
— Isaiah 38:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.”
“I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. ”
“I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.”
“I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.”
“I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.”
“I am crying out with pain till the morning; it is as if a lion was crushing all my bones.”
“I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.”
“I said: In the middle of my days, I will go to the gates of Hell. So I sought the remainder of my years.
I said: I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I will no longer behold man, nor the habitation of rest.
My longevity has been taken away; it has been folded up and taken from me, like the tent of a shepherd. My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver. While I was still beginning, he cut me off. From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.
I hoped, even until morning. Like a lion, so has he crushed all my bones. From morning until evening, you have marked my limits.
I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.
What can I say, or what would he answer me, since he himself has done this? I will acknowledge to you all my years, in the bitterness of my soul.
O Lord, if such is life, and if the life of my spirit is of such a kind, may you correct me and may you cause me to live.