פירוש על ישעיהו 38:15

What shall I speak praise and adoration before Him? Behold He promised me consolations, and He fulfilled them.

He hath spoken unto me. He said, I will add to thy days (ver. 5),

I will cause all my sleep to flee Comp. (Gen. 31:40) “And my sleep fled.” Jonathan renders שְׁנוֹתַי as an expression of years.

והוא עשה And himself will do it.²⁴A. V., And hath done. The past is here used for the future; comp. נתתי I will give (Gen. 23:13)^24aAbraham says to Ephron נתתי כסף השדה; lit.: I gave thee money for the field (Gen. 23:13); and in the same chapter, ver. 15, it is stated Abraham weighed to Ephron, etc. The past נתתי is here used for the future.; or And himself hath done this kindness unto me²⁵viz. give me that promise., and still I shall go softly in the bitterness of my soul, when remembering these troubles, which I had to suffer.

concerning the bitterness of my soul which was bitter, and You consoled me.

אדדה I shall go softly. Hithpaël;²⁶It is impossible to suppose that I. E. explained אֶדַּדֶּה to be Niphal, as the Hebrew text reads ומלת אדדה מבנין נפעל; either נפעל is a corruption of התפעל, or I. E. read אֶדָּדֶה instead of אֶדַּדֶּה there is no parallel to it in the Bible, but אדדם I went with them (Ps. 42:5), and in the Mishna מדדה (Shabb. 18:2) in the well known meaning.²⁷To lead, or to assist in walking.