Isaiah 38

Isaiah 38:11

I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD in the land of the living.

I said, I shall no more have the comfortable fruition of God’s presence in his house, amongst the men that live here on earth.

Isaiah 38:13

From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

This very day, ere the night come, wilt thou make an end of me.

Isaiah 38:16

O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit.

O Lord, by those words and powerful acts, that proceed from

Isaiah 38:18

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee.

Man, when he is once dead, can do thee no more service here upon earth.