⁶ So turn your attention and seek the Eternal One while it is still possible;
    call on Him while He is nearby.
⁷ Let those who are busy plotting violence and doing wrong
    stop right now, turn, and do right.
Let them turn back to the Eternal so they can experience His compassion.
    God will excuse our past wrongs. Our God’s forgiveness is inexhaustible.

Eternal One: ⁸ My intentions are not always yours,
        and I do not go about things as you do.
⁹     My thoughts and My ways are above and beyond you,
        just as heaven is far from your reach here on earth.