Isaiah 38:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

King James Bible
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Hebrew
Surely,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

for my welfare
לְשָׁל֖וֹם (lə·šā·lō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

I had such great anguish;
מַר־ (mar-)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

but Your
וְאַתָּ֞ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

love
חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ (ḥā·šaq·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2836: To cling, join, to love, delight in, elliptically, to deliver

has delivered me
נַפְשִׁי֙ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

from the pit
מִשַּׁ֣חַת (miš·ša·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction

of oblivion,
בְּלִ֔י (bə·lî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

You have cast
הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ (hiš·laḵ·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

my sins
חֲטָאָֽי׃ (ḥă·ṭā·’āy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2399: A crime, its penalty

behind
אַחֲרֵ֥י (’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

Your back.
גֵוְךָ֖ (ḡê·wə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1460: The back, the middle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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