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I will sing his praises with instruments every day of my life in the Temple of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/38.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/38.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD <i>was ready</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/38.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“The LORD <i>was ready</i> to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The LORD is <i>certain</i> to save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All <i>the</i> days of our life at the house of the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/38.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The LORD will surely save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the LORD.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The LORD will surely save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All <i>the</i> days of our life at the house of the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh <i>is here</i> to save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All <i>the</i> days of our life at the house of Yahweh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The LORD is ready to save me; Therefore we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our lives at the house of the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is ready to save me; we will play stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will save me; we will play stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the house of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/38.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah is ready to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You, LORD, will save me, and every day that we live we will sing in your temple to the music of stringed instruments. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/38.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD is 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD is going to rescue me, so let us play stringed instruments. We live our lives in the LORD's temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/38.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />LORD, you have healed me. We will play harps and sing your praise, Sing praise in your Temple as long as we live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/38.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will save me, and we will play my music on strings all the days of our lives in the LORD's Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/38.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the LORD's temple." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/38.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Like myself today; A father makes known to [his] sons of Your faithfulness, "" O YHWH—to save me: And we sing my songs all [the] days of our lives "" In the house of YHWH.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Like myself to-day -- a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah -- to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah to save me; and striking my stringed instruments all the days of our life for the house of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />O Lord, save me! And we will sing our psalms, all the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/38.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is there to save us. We shall play our music In the house of the LORD all the days of our life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will save me, and we will sing to stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH will save us and we will sing his praises all the days of our lives in the house of LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD is ready to save me; Therefore we will sing songs to the stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />O God of my salvation; and I will not cease blessing thee with the psaltery all the days of my life before the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8307" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/38.htm">Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: lə·hō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 1cs) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">will save me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5059.htm" title="5059: nə·nag·gên (V-Piel-Imperf-1cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to thrum, i.e. Beat a tune with the fingers; expec. To play on a stringed instrument; hence, to make music.">we will play songs</a> <a href="/hebrew/5058.htm" title="5058: ū·nə·ḡi·nō·w·ṯay (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Music. ">on stringed instruments</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">of our lives</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Psalm 30:11-12</a></span><br />You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, / that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/116-17.htm">Psalm 116:17-19</a></span><br />I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD. / I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people, / in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-1.htm">Psalm 103:1-4</a></span><br />Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. / Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— / He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/71-23.htm">Psalm 71:23</a></span><br />When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/118-14.htm">Psalm 118:14-17</a></span><br />The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. / Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor! / The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. / He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. / He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/150-1.htm">Psalm 150:1-6</a></span><br />Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. / Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness. / Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-1.htm">Psalm 92:1-4</a></span><br />A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, / to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night / with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-13.htm">Psalm 66:13-20</a></span><br />I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You— / the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress. / I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-12.htm">Psalm 86:12-13</a></span><br />I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever. / For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-9.htm">2 Kings 20:9-11</a></span><br />And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?” / “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.” / So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-8.htm">1 Chronicles 16:8-10</a></span><br />“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. / Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. / Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm">1 Samuel 2:1-2</a></span><br />At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation. / There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19-20</a></span><br />Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, / always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a></span><br />Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">therefore</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-13.htm">Psalm 9:13,14</a></b></br> Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble <i>which I suffer</i> of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/27-5.htm">Psalm 27:5,6</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Psalm 30:11,12</a></b></br> Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; … </p><p class="hdg">to the stringed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/150-4.htm">Psalm 150:4</a></b></br> Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm">Habakkuk 3:19</a></b></br> The LORD God <i>is</i> my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' <i>feet</i>, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Corded</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-7.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Life</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm">Play</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-22.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-35.htm">Save</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-4.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Songs</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Stringed</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-19.htm">To-Day</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Corded</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-22.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm">Life</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Play</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Save</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-3.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-10.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Songs</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm">Stringed</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-22.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-19.htm">To-Day</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 38</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/38-1.htm">Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/38-9.htm">His song of thanksgiving.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/38.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/38.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The LORD will save me;</b><br>This phrase reflects a deep trust in God's deliverance, a recurring theme throughout the book of Isaiah. Historically, this is part of King Hezekiah's song of thanksgiving after his recovery from illness. The assurance of salvation is central to the message of Isaiah, who prophesied during a time of political turmoil and threat from Assyria. Theologically, it underscores the belief in God's sovereignty and faithfulness to His covenant people. This trust in divine salvation is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/18-2.htm">Psalm 18:2</a> and <a href="/isaiah/12-2.htm">Isaiah 12:2</a>, where God is depicted as a savior and protector.<p><b>we will play songs on stringed instruments</b><br>Music played a significant role in Hebrew worship and culture, often used to express joy, gratitude, and reverence. Stringed instruments, like the harp and lyre, were common in ancient Israel and were integral to temple worship. This phrase suggests a communal act of worship, indicating that Hezekiah's personal deliverance leads to corporate praise. The use of music in worship is also seen in the Psalms, such as <a href="/psalms/33-2.htm">Psalm 33:2-3</a>, where believers are encouraged to praise God with instruments.<p><b>all the days of our lives</b><br>This expression of lifelong devotion and worship highlights the enduring nature of gratitude and commitment to God. It suggests that the experience of God's salvation is not a one-time event but a continual source of praise and dedication. This idea is consistent with the biblical call to live a life of worship and obedience, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a>, which commands love for God with all one's heart, soul, and strength.<p><b>in the house of the LORD.</b><br>The "house of the LORD" refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites. It was the dwelling place of God's presence among His people, where sacrifices and offerings were made. This phrase emphasizes the importance of communal worship and the temple's role in the spiritual life of Israel. The temple is also a type of Christ, who in the New Testament is described as the true temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>), where believers find access to God. The reference to the temple underscores the continuity of worship from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant, where the church becomes the spiritual house of God (<a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>The king of Judah who was ill and prayed to the LORD for healing. God granted him 15 more years of life.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's message to Hezekiah, including the promise of healing and an extended life.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who is the central figure in the deliverance and healing of Hezekiah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_the_lord.htm">House of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, a place of worship and praise.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/stringed_instruments.htm">Stringed Instruments</a></b><br>Musical instruments used in worship, symbolizing joy and thanksgiving.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Trust in God's ability to save and deliver us from our troubles, just as He did for Hezekiah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Hezekiah's healing was a direct result of fervent prayer. We should be encouraged to pray earnestly in times of need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/worship_as_a_response.htm">Worship as a Response</a></b><br>Our response to God's deliverance should be one of worship and thanksgiving, using our talents and resources to glorify Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_music_in_worship.htm">The Role of Music in Worship</a></b><br>Music is a powerful tool for expressing gratitude and praise to God. Consider how you can incorporate music into your personal and communal worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_a_life_of_praise.htm">Living a Life of Praise</a></b><br>Hezekiah's commitment to praise God "all the days of our lives" challenges us to live a life consistently focused on worship and gratitude.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 38</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/musical_terms_in_the_bible.htm">What musical terms are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_kings_20_7__how_did_figs_cure_a_fatal_illness.htm">2 Kings 20:7: Why was a simple poultice of figs sufficient to cure a fatal illness if it was truly life-threatening?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_isaiah_38_7-8's_sign_metaphorical.htm">Could the sign in Isaiah 38:7-8 be metaphorical rather than an actual astronomical phenomenon?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_rabshakeh's_claim_with_judah's_deliverance.htm">Isaiah 36:18-20: How do we reconcile the Rabshakeh's claim that no god has saved any nation from Assyria with the biblical assertion that the Lord ultimately delivered Judah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/38.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Was ready.</span>--Better, as fitting in with the praise and hope of the close of the prayer, <span class= "ital">is ready.</span><p><span class= "bld">We will sing.</span>--The king identifies himself with the great congregation, perhaps even yet more closely with the Levite minstrels of the Temple whom he had done so much to train and re-organise.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Lord</span> was ready to save me; rather, <span class="accented">came to my rescue</span>; <span class="accented">came and saved</span> me. <span class="cmt_word">Therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments</span>; rather, <span class="accented">therefore will we play my stringed instruments.</span> Hezekiah calls the stringed instruments his, because he had recalled their use, and re-established them as a part of the temple service after the suspension of that service by Ahaz (<a href="/2_chronicles/29-30.htm">2 Chronicles 29:30</a>). His intention now is to take continual part with the Levites in (he choral praises of God, which were a part of the daily worship of the temple. This is to him the natural mode of expressing his thankfulness to God for the mercy vouchsafed him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/38-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will save me;</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we will play songs</span><br /><span class="heb">נְנַגֵּ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(nə·nag·gên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5059.htm">Strong's 5059: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch or play a stringed instrument</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on stringed instruments</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·ḡi·nō·w·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5058.htm">Strong's 5058: </a> </span><span class="str2">Instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the days</span><br /><span class="heb">יְמֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of our lives</span><br /><span class="heb">חַיֵּ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥay·yê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.”</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/38-20.htm">Isaiah 38:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/38-20.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 38:20 Yahweh will save me (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/38-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 38:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 38:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 38:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 38:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>