Isaiah 38:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

By these things men live By virtue of thy gracious word, or promise, and powerful work; or, by thy promises, and thy performance of them: and therefore it is not strange that one word of God hath brought me back from the jaws of death. And in all these things is the life of my spirit As all men's lives are thy gift, so I shall always acknowledge the preservation of mine to be owing to thy goodness in promising, and thy faithfulness in fulfilling thy promise. So wilt thou recover me, &c. Or, for thou hast recovered me. Thou hast restored my health and prolonged my life. Bishop Lowth.