9. You went to the king with ointment,and increased your perfumes,and sent your messengers far off,and made them go down to Sheol.
10. You were wearied by the length of your road;yet you did not say, “There is no hope.”You have found renewed strength;therefore, you did not faint.
11. Of whom were you afraid or fearfulwhen you liedand you did not remember Me,nor give Me a thought?Have I not held My peace for a long timeso that you do not fear Me?
12. I will declare your righteousness, and your works,yet they shall not profit you.
13. When you cry out,let your collection of idols deliver you.But the wind shall carry them all away,a breath shall take them away.But he who puts his trust in Meshall possess the landand shall inherit My holy mountain.
14. And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way,take up every stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
15. For thus says the High and Lofty Onewho inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:I dwell in the high and holy placeand also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit,to revive the spirit of the humble,and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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.