16 For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would grow weak before Me, the breath of those whom I made.
17 Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry; I struck him; I hid My face; I was angry—but he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him. I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners.
19 Creating the praise of lips: ‘Shalom, shalom to him who is far and to him who is near,’ says Adonai, ‘and I will heal him.’”
20 But the wicked are like a troubled sea, for it cannot rest, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
21 “There is no shalom,” says my God “for the wicked.”