Isaiah 38:20 “The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all…”

Isaiah 38:20

The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the LORD’s house.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord was ready to saue me: therefore we will sing my song, all the dayes of our life in the House of the Lord.

Darby Translation

Jehovah was [purposed] to save me. — And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

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.'

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

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Cross references

“therefore”

Psalm 145:2 Psalm 51:15 Psalm 66:13–15 Psalm 9:13 Psalm 9:14 Psalm 27:5

Psalm 145:2 · BSB

Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.

Psalm 51:15 · BSB

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

Psalm 66:13–15 · BSB

I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—

Psalm 9:13 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

Psalm 9:14 · BSB

that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

Psalm 27:5 · BSB

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

“to the stringed”

Psalm 150:4 Habakkuk 3:19

Psalm 150:4 · BSB

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

Habakkuk 3:19 · BSB

GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.

Also

Psalm 116:2 Psalm 68:25 Psalm 33:2 Psalm 116:17–19

Psalm 116:2 · BSB

Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

Psalm 68:25 · BSB

The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.

Psalm 33:2 · BSB

Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

Psalm 116:17–19 · BSB

I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

21Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

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