18. No one in the world of the deadcan thank you or praise you;none of those in the deep pitcan hope for you to show themhow faithful you are.
19. Only the living can thank you,as I am doing today.Each generation tells the nextabout your faithfulness.
20. You, Lord, will save me,and every day that we livewe will sing in your templeto the musicof stringed instruments.
21. I had told King Hezekiah's servants to put some mashed figs on the king's open sore, and he would get well.
22. Then Hezekiah asked for proof that he would again worship in the Lord's temple.