| 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; |
| 2 |
Let the wicked abandon their ways, and the unrighteous their thoughts; |
| 3 |
Return to the LORD, who will have mercy;* to our God, who will richly pardon. |
| 4 |
'For my thoughts are not your thoughts,* neither are your ways my ways,' says the LORD. |
| 5 |
'For as the heavens are higher than the earth,* so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. |
| 6 |
'As the rain and the snow come down from above,* and return not again but water the earth, |
| 7 |
'Bringing forth life and giving growth,* seed for sowing and bread to eat, |
| 8 |
'So is my word that goes forth from my mouth;* it will not return to me fruitless, |
| 9 |
'But it shall accomplish that which I purpose,* and succeed in the task I gave it.' |
| Glory ... Isaiah 55:6-11 | |
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Return to the LORD, who will have mercy,* to our God, who will richly pardon [CCP] |