Isaiah 38:17-19

Revised Standard Version

¹⁷ Lo, it was for my welfare
    that I had great bitterness;
but thou hast held back^[a] my life
    from the pit of destruction,
for thou hast cast all my sins
    behind thy back.
¹⁸ For Sheol cannot thank thee,
    death cannot praise thee;
those who go down to the pit cannot hope
    for thy faithfulness.
¹⁹ The living, the living, he thanks thee,
    as I do this day;
the father makes known to the children
    thy faithfulness.