15. For thus says the High and Lofty OneWho inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:“I dwell in the high and holy place,With him who has 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 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.