Isaiah 38:16

"What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul."

Key Reflection

Isaiah 38:16 reflects profound gratitude and awe at God's unexpected deliverance. The speaker acknowledges both divine promise and fulfillment, vowing to live carefully in light of this deep personal anguish and divine mercy, illustrating the transformative power of God’s intervention in one's life.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

O Lord, by these things men live -The design of this and the following verses is evidently to set forth the goodness of God, and to celebrate his praise for what he had done. The phrase ‘these things,’ refers evidently to the promises of God and their fulfillment; and the idea is, that people are sustained in the land of the living only by such gracious interpositions as he had experienced. It was not because people had any power of preserving their own lives, but because God interposed in time of trouble, and restored to health when there was no human prospect that they could recover. And in all these things -In these promises, and in the divine interposition.

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