^{16 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.