15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,whose name is Holy:“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit,to revive the spirit of the humble,and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry;for the spirit would faint before me,and the souls whom I have made.
17 I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness, and struck him;I hid myself 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 lead him also,and restore comforts to him and 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 them.”
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea;for it can’t rest, and its waters cast up mire and mud.
21 “There is no peace”, says my God,“for the wicked.”