Catholic Public Domain Version
"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. "
— Isaiah 38:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.”
“O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live. ”
“Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.”
“O Lord, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’”
“O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live.”
“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.”
“O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.”
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.
Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter. But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. You have cast all my sins behind your back.
For Hell will not confess to you, and death will not praise you. Those who descend into the pit will not hope for your truth.
The living, the living, these will give praise to you, as I also do this day! The father will make the truth known to the sons.