Isaiah 38:11

“I thought, ‘I will no longer see the Lord ¹  in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world. ² 

I said, "I will not again see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; no longer will I look on mankind, or be with those who now dwell in this world.

I said, "I will not see the LORD, The LORD in the land of the living; I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

I said, "Never again will I see the LORD GOD while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or laugh with those who live in this world.

No more glimpses of GOD in the land of the living, No more meetings with my neighbors, no more rubbing shoulders with friends.

I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.

I said, I shall not see the LORD in the land of the living; I shall look upon mortals no more among the inhabitants of the world.

I said, "I shall not see YAH, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

“I thought, ‘I will no longer see the Lord ¹  in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world. ² 

¹ tn The Hebrew text has יָהּ יָהּ (yah yah, the abbreviated form of יְהוָה [yÿhvah] repeated), but this is probably a corruption of יְהוָה.

² tc The Hebrew text has חָדֶל (khadel), which appears to be derived from a verbal root meaning “to cease, refrain.” But the form has probably suffered an error of transmission; the original form (attested in a few medieval Hebrew mss) was likely חֶלֶד (kheled, “world”).