Isaiah 38:14 records Hezekiah's prayer during his mortal illness: 'I am oppressed, be my security!' The Hebrew literally says 'oppression to me!' using this rare noun as an exclamation of distress. The word denotes the crushing weight of affliction, the sense of being pressed down by sickness and near-death. Some scholars propose emending to 'my cry' (parallel to 'voice' earlier), but the transmitted text has 'oppression.' Spanish renders 'estoy oprimido' (I am oppressed), capturing Hezekiah's anguish. In the context of terminal illness, oppression is not just external enemies but the internal, existential pressure of mortality.