~ Hezekiah Prays ~

But what can I say?
He has spoken to me,
and He Himself has done this.
I will walk humbly all my years
because of this anguish of my soul.
Lord, but such things men live;
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health and let me live.
Surely it was for my benefit
that I suffered such anguish.
In Your love
You kept me from the pit of destruction;
you have put all my sins behind Your back.
for the grave cannot praise you,
death cannot sing Your praise;
those who go down to the pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
The living, the living -- they praise you,
as I am doing today;
fathers tell their children about Your faithfulness.

The Lord will save me
and we will sing with stringed instruments
all the days of our lives in the temple of the Lord.

(Isaiah 38:15-20)