14 A SONG OF THE WORD OF THE LORD
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| Refrain: | Return to the Lord, who will have mercy,* to our God, who will richly pardon. | ||
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Seek the Lord while he may be found,* call upon him while he is near; | ||
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Let the wicked abandon their ways,* and the unrighteous their thoughts; | ||
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Return to the Lord, who will have mercy;* to our God, who will richly pardon. | ||
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‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts,* neither are your ways my ways’, says the Lord. | ||
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‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth,* so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. | ||
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‘As the rain and the snow come down from above,* and return not again but water the earth, | ||
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‘Bringing forth life and giving growth,* seed for sowing and bread to eat, | ||
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‘So is my word that goes forth from my mouth;* it will not return to me fruitless, | ||
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‘But it will accomplish that which I purpose,* and succeed in the task I gave it.’ | ||
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Return to the Lord, who will have mercy,* to our God, who will richly pardon. | |||