Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 38:15
Isaiah 38:15. What shall I say? I want words sufficiently to express my deep sense of God’s dealings with me; he hath spoken, &c. He foretold it by his word, and effected it by his hand. In this verse he seems to make a transition into the thanksgiving, which is undoubtedly contained in the following verses, and so the sense is, He hath sent a gracious message to me, by his prophet, concerning the prolongation of my life, and himself hath made good his word. Thus the words are... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 38:13-14
Isaiah 38:13-14. I reckoned till morning, &c. When night came I reckoned I should die before the next morning, my pains being as great as if my bones had been broken, and the whole frame of my body crushed by a lion. Bishop Lowth reads: I roared until the morning like the lion; so did he break to pieces all my bones. Like a crane or a swallow, &c. “My pains were sometimes so violent that they forced me to cry aloud; at other times my strength was so exhausted that I could only... read more