⁷ Let the wicked forsake^(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(B)
Let them turn^(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(E)

⁸ “For my thoughts^(F) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(G)
declares the Lord.
⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(H)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(I)