Yesaya 38:14

38:14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,

I coo ¹  like a dove;

my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. ² 

O sovereign master, ³  I am oppressed;

help me! ⁴ 

Yesaya 58:10

58:10 You must ⁵  actively help the hungry

and feed the oppressed. ⁶ 

Then your light will dispel the darkness, ⁷ 

and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. ⁸ 

[38:14]  ¹ tn Or “moan” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); KJV, CEV “mourn.”

[38:14]  ² tn Heb “my eyes become weak, toward the height.”

[38:14]  ³ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in v. 16 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[38:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “stand surety for me.” Hezekiah seems to be picturing himself as a debtor who is being exploited; he asks that the Lord might relieve his debt and deliver him from the oppressive creditor.

[58:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.

[58:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”

[58:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”

[58:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”