38:17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. 1
You delivered me 2 from the pit of oblivion. 3
For you removed all my sins from your sight. 4
38:18 Indeed 5 Sheol does not give you thanks;
death does not 6 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.
38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, 7
and we will celebrate with music 8
for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” 9