14. And He saith, Heap up, heap up, prepare a way, take away every obstruction from the way of My people. 15. For thus saith the High and Lofty One, the eternally dwelling One, He whose name is Holy One; I dwell on high and in the holy place, and with the contrite one and him that is of a humbled spirit, to revive the spirit of humbled ones, and to revive the heart of contrite ones. 16. For I do not contend for ever, and I am not angry for ever: for the spirit would pine away before me, and the souls of men which I have created. 17. And because of the iniquity of its selfishness,[10] I was wroth, and smote it; hiding Myself away in the way of its own heart. 18. I have seen its ways and will heal it; and will lead it, and afford consolations to it, and to its mourning ones.
19. Creating fruit of the lips; Jehovah saith, “Peace, peace to those that are far off, and to those that are near; and I heal it.” 20. But the wicked are like the sea that is cast up; for it cannot rest; and its waters cast out slime and mud. 21. There is no peace, saith my God, for the wicked.
FOOTNOTES:
[2] “Without knowledge.”—Kay, Strachey. “Undiscerning.”—Cheyne.
[1] “Godly men.”—Jones. “Gracious men.”—Kay.
[2] “Gathered.”—Cheyne. “Gathered in.”—Kay.
[3] “Out of the way of evil.”—Kay, Jones.
[4] “Shall I for all these things relent?”—Kay. “Shall I by these things be appeased?”—Birks. “Comforted.”—Jones, Arnold. “Should I quiet myself in spite of these things?”—Cheyne.
[5] “Thy own remembrance.”—Kay.
[6] “And thou hast sought occasion.”—Birks. “Thou hast beheld the phallus.”—Cheyne.