Isaiah 38:18-19

38:18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks;

death does not praise you.

Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

38:19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks,

as I do today.

A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

Isaiah 61:8

61:8 For I, the Lord, love justice

and hate robbery and sin.

I will repay them because of my faithfulness;

I will make a permanent covenant with them.


tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

tn The negative particle is understood by ellipsis in this line. See GKC 483 §152.z.

tn Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”