כִּ֣י לֹ֤א לְעוֹלָם֙ אָרִ֔יב וְלֹ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח אֶקְּצ֑וֹף כִּי־ר֙וּחַ֙ מִלְּפָנַ֣י יַֽעֲט֔וֹף וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹת אֲנִ֥י עָשִֽׂיתִי׃
Sapagkat hindi Ako makikipagtalo magpakailanman, ni magagalit Ako nang walang hanggan; sapagkat ang espiritu ay nanlulupaypay sa harap Ko, at ang mga kaluluwa ay Ako ang lumikha.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“I who make spirits flag” [57:16]. This means, the soul is a spirit for me. I have given the same spirit into the person’s body, which can make the body good. The body commits transgressions because it is from the earth.1Radak, Isaiah, 57:14
Rashi
For I will not contend forever If I bring afflictions upon a person, My contention with him is not for a long time, neither is My anger forever.
Rashi
when a spirit from before Me humbles itself Heb. יַעֲטוֹף. When the spirit of man, which is from before Me, humbles itself, confesses and humbles itself because of its betrayal. Comp. (Lam. 2:19) “humbled (הָעֲטוּפִים) with hunger,” “when the small child and the suckling are humbled (בֵּעָטֵף).” And the souls which I made.
Rashi
when a spirit from before Me Heb. כִּי. This instance of the word כִּי is used as an expression of “when.” Comp. (infra 58:7) “When you see (כִּי תִרְאֶה)”; (Deut. 26:1) “When you come (כִּי תָבוֹא).” That is to say, when his spirit is humbled, and he is humbled, I terminate My quarrel and My anger from upon him.