(A)Seek the Lord while He may be found;
(B)Call upon Him while He is near.
(C)Let the wicked abandon his way,
And the unrighteous person his (D)thoughts;
And let him (E)return to the Lord,
And He will have (F)compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will (G)abundantly pardon.
“For My thoughts are not (H)your thoughts,
Nor are (I)your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
“For (J)as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the (K)rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it produce and sprout,
And providing (L)seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 So will My (M)word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will (N)not return to Me empty,
Without (O)accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.

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Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.
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)

“For my thoughts(I) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”(J)
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,(K)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(L)
10 As the rain(M) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(N)
    so that it yields seed(O) for the sower and bread for the eater,(P)
11 so is my word(Q) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,(R)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose(S) for which I sent it.

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[a]May they fear You (A)while the sun shines,
And [b]as long as the moon shines, throughout all generations.
[c]May he come down (B)like rain upon the mown grass,
Like (C)showers that water the earth.
[d]May the (D)righteous flourish in his days,
As well as an (E)abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:5 Or They will fear
  2. Psalm 72:5 Lit before the moon
  3. Psalm 72:6 Or He will come down
  4. Psalm 72:7 Or The righteous will flourish

May he endure[a](A) as long as the sun,
    as long as the moon, through all generations.(B)
May he be like rain(C) falling on a mown field,
    like showers watering the earth.
In his days may the righteous flourish(D)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared