²⁸ But as for me, it is good to be near God.^(A)
    I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;^(B)
    I will tell of all your deeds.^(C)

¹⁸ The Lord is near^(A) to all who call on him,^(B)
    to all who call on him in truth.

⁶ Seek^(A) the Lord while he may be found;^(B)
    call^(C) on him while he is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake^(D) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(E)
Let them turn^(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(G) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(H)

“‘As surely as I live,’^(A) says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
    every tongue will acknowledge God.’”^[a](B)