⁴     I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.^(A)
5 Or else let them come to me for refuge;^(B)
    let them make peace^(C) with me,
    yes, let them make peace with me.”

¹⁶ I will not accuse^(A) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,^(B)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people^(C) I have created.