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14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,
I coo[a] like a dove;
my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky.[b]
O Lord,[c] I am oppressed;
help me![d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:14 tn Or “moan” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); KJV, CEV “mourn.”
  2. Isaiah 38:14 tn Heb “my eyes become weak, toward the height.”
  3. Isaiah 38:14 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in v. 16 is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay).
  4. Isaiah 38:14 tn Heb “stand surety for me.” Hezekiah seems to be picturing himself as a debtor who is being exploited; he asks that the Lord might relieve his debt and deliver him from the oppressive creditor.