13. When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain.
14. And he hath said, `Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.'
15. For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy [is] His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'
16. For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
17. For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding-- and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.
18. His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.
19. Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.
20. And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
21. There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!