7. This will be the sign for you from the Lord that the Lord will carry out the word he has spoken:
8. See, I will make the shadow cast by the sun on the stairway to the terrace of Ahaz go back the ten steps it has advanced. So the sun came back the ten steps it had advanced.
9. The song of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:
10. In the noontime of life I said,I must depart!To the gates of Sheol I have been consignedfor the rest of my years.
11. I said, I shall see the Lord no morein the land of the living.Nor look on any mortalsamong those who dwell in the world.
12. My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent,is struck down and borne away from me;You have folded up my life, like a weaverwho severs me from the last thread. From morning to night you make an end of me;
13. I cry out even until the dawn.Like a lion he breaks all my bones;from morning to night you make an end of me.
14. Like a swallow I chirp;I moan like a dove.My eyes grow weary looking heavenward:Lord, I am overwhelmed; go security for me!
15. What am I to say or tell him?He is the one who has done it!All my sleep has fled,because of the bitterness of my soul.
16. Those live whom the Lord protects;yours is the life of my spirit.You have given me health and restored my life!