Isa 38:10-11 | JFB | e4.org | 10. cutting off —ROSENMULLER translates, "the meridian"; when the sun stands in the zenith: so "the perfect day" ( ). Rather, "in the tranquillity of my days," that is, that period of life when I might now look forward to a tranquil reign [MAURER ]. The Hebrew is so translated ( ). go to —rather, "go into, " as in [MAURER ]. residue of my years —those which I had calculated on. God sends sickness to teach man not to calculate on the morrow, but to live more wholly to God, as if each day were the last.

‏ Isaiah 38:10-11

10. cutting off—ROSENMULLER translates, "the meridian"; when the sun stands in the zenith: so "the perfect day" (Pr 4:18). Rather, "in the tranquillity of my days," that is, that period of life when I might now look forward to a tranquil reign [MAURER]. The Hebrew is so translated (Isa 62:6, 7).

go to—rather, "go into," as in Isa 46:2 [MAURER].

residue of my years—those which I had calculated on. God sends sickness to teach man not to calculate on the morrow, but to live more wholly to God, as if each day were the last.

11. Lord . . . Lord—The repetition, as in Isa 38:19, expresses the excited feeling of the king's mind.

See the Lord (Jehovah)—figuratively for "to enjoy His good gifts." So, in a similar connection (Ps 27:13). "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living"; (Ps 34:12), "What man is he that desireth life that he may see good?"

world—rather, translate: "among the inhabitants of the land of stillness," that is, Hades [MAURER], in parallel antithesis to "the land of the living" in the first clause. The Hebrew comes from a root, to "rest" or "cease" (Job 14:6).