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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Isaiah 38:20

Was ready to save me; was a present help to me, ready to hear and succour me upon my prayer in my great extremity. We; both I and my people, who are concerned in me, and for me will sing forth those songs of praise which are due especially from me, for God's great mercy to me. Will sing my songs to the stringed instruments, according to the custom of those times.

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See also Isaiah 38:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD WAS READY TO SAVE ME - He was prompt, quick to save me. He did not hesitate or delay. THEREFORE WE WILL SING MY SONGS - That is, my family and nation. The song of Hezekiah was designed eviden...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 38 Hezekiah's Sickness and Healing 1. _Isaiah's startling message (Isaiah 38:1)_ 2. _Hezekiah's prayer (Isaiah 38:2)_ 3. _The prayer heard and the sign (Isaiah 38:4)_ 4. The king's sorrow and...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WAS READY. Supply "was gracious". THEREFORE, &C. Note the subscription above. WE WILL SING MY SONGS: i.e. the "Songs of the Degrees" (App-67). Where are "my songs", and what were they if not the fift...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Hezekiah's thanksgiving for his recovery. This poem, which is not given in the parallel narrative in 2 Kings, must have been inserted here from an independent source. An external mark of the insertion...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Perhaps a liturgical appendix, adapting the psalm for congregational use. Hence the transition from 1st pers. sing, to 1st pers. plu. _we will sing … instruments_ Rather, WE WILL PLAY WITH STRING MUSI...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 919 HEZEKIAH’S THANKSGIVING FOR HIS RECOVERY Isaiah 38:20. _The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments, all the days of our life, in the hou...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LORD WAS READY TO SAVE ME— JEHOVAH _was present to save me._ Lowth. It seems probable from this verse, that Hezekiah composed several other songs, some of which may be still extant among the Psalm...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. PRAISE TEXT: Isaiah 38:9-20 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness. 10 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates o...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: -The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of 2...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SICKNESS AND RECOVERY OF HEZEKIAH Continuation of the historical appendix to Isaiah's prophecies. The chapter is parallel to 2 Kings 20:1 (where see notes), but contains a considerable addition in the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 38 HEZEKIAH IS SERIOUSLY ILL V1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He believe...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WAS READY. — Better, as fitting in with the praise and hope of the close of the prayer, _is ready._ WE WILL SING. — The king identifies himself with the great congregation, perhaps even yet more clos...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהוָ֖ה לְ הֹושִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּ נְגִנֹותַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 FROM 720, when chapter 11 m

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wi...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter we have the story of the sickness of Hezekiah. That sickness would seem to have been intimately connected with the invasion of Sennacherib, for in Isaiah's message to Hezekiah that his...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD [was ready] to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of (y) our life in the house of the LORD. (y) He shows what is the use of the Congregation an...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    20._Jehovah to save me. _(95) He acknowledges that he was delivered, not by the aid or industry of men, but solely by the kindness of God. The rendering given by some, “It belongs to the Lord to save...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39. Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD WAS READY TO SAVE ME,.... Or, "the Lord to save me y"; he was at hand to save him; he was both able and willing to save him; he was a present help in time of need; he arose for his help, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD [was ready] to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. Ver. 20. _The Lord was ready to save._] Heb., The Lord...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For the grave cannot praise thee_ The dead cannot be instruments of promoting thy glory among men upon earth, or of making thy goodness known to others, which I desire and determine to do. _They cann...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord was ready to save me, to give him deliverance from the evil which beset him; THEREFORE WE WILL SING MY SONGS TO THE STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, with their accompaniment, ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE IN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-22 We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is well for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the condition he was in. He dwells upon this; I shall no more see the Lor...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 38:20 LORD H3068 save H3467 (H8687) songs H5058 instruments H5059 (H8762) days H3117 life H2416 house...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HEZEKIAH'S PSALM OF PRAISE (ISAIAH 38:9). Isaiah 38:9 ‘The writing of Hezekiah the king of Judah when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness.' This was clearly originally a record on i...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hezekiah's sickness and recovery in answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: Neither men's greatness nor goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness. If o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 38:1. _Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live._ This burden of the Lord placed the prophet in a critical situation. God saw that nothing milder than this harsh and tremendou...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah_ HEZEKIAH’S RECOVERY 1. He was sick, and then he prayed. 2. He is recovered, and now he gives thanks. (_R. Harris, D. D._) HEZEKIAH’S SONG I. THE INSCRIPT...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 38:9 Hezekiah’s psalm is clear about this truth: God alone has the power of life and death, and he prefers life. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    HEZEKIAH’S RESOLUTION (_A New-Year Motto_.) Isaiah 38:15. _I shall go softly all my years, &c._ This resolution grows out of that singular experience of sickness and recovery recorded in the precedin...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION II.—HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN (Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1.). EXPOSITION The present chapte

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live (Isai...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Habakkuk 3:19; Psalms 145:2; Psalms 150:4; Psalms 27:5; Psalms 27:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Was ready — Was a present help....

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