16. For I will not contend forever,nor will I always be angry;for the spirit would grow faint before Me,and the souls whom I have made.
17. For the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him;I hid My face and was wrathful,and he went on turning away in the way of his heart.
18. I have seen his ways but will heal him;I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners,
19. by creating the fruit of the lips.Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,says the Lord, and I will heal him.
20. But the wicked are like the troubledsea when it cannot rest,whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21. There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.