16. For I will not contend forever,Nor will I always be angry;For the spirit would fail before Me,And the souls which I have made.
17. For the iniquity of his covetousnessI was angry and struck him;I hid and was angry,And he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18. I have seen his ways, and will heal him;I will also lead him,And restore comforts to himAnd to his mourners.
19. “I create 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 troubled sea,When it cannot rest,Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21. “There is no peace,”Says my God, “for the wicked.”