Isaiah 38:20 · KJV
“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.”
— Isaiah 38:20
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I {do} this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay {it} for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Isaiah 38 — Context
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can {not} celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I {do} this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20The 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.
21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay {it} for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
22Hezekiah also had said, What {is} the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
Cross References
Psalms 116:2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon {him} as long as I live. {as long...: Heb. in my days}
Psalms 145:2
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Psalms 150:4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. {dance: or, pipe}
Psalms 66:13-15
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Habakkuk 3:19
The LORD God {is} my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' {feet}, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. {chief...: or, overseer} {stringed...: Heb. Neginoth}
Psalms 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments {followed} after; among {them were} the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psalms 27:5-6
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalms 116:17-19
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.