⁵ But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead^(A) with the Almighty,^(B)

“Today, if you hear his voice,
⁸     do not harden your hearts^(B)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,

¹³ “Yet if you devote your heart^(A) to him
    and stretch out your hands^(B) to him,^(C)

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)

²¹ “Submit to God and be at peace^(A) with him;^(B)
    in this way prosperity will come to you.^(C)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth^(D)
    and lay up his words^(E) in your heart.^(F)
23 If you return^(G) to the Almighty, you will be restored:^(H)
    If you remove wickedness far from your tent^(I)
24 and assign your nuggets^(J) to the dust,
    your gold^(K) of Ophir^(L) to the rocks in the ravines,^(M)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,^(N)
    the choicest silver for you.^(O)
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty^(P)
    and will lift up your face^(Q) to God.^(R)
27 You will pray to him,^(S) and he will hear you,^(T)
    and you will fulfill your vows.^(U)
28 What you decide on will be done,^(V)
    and light^(W) will shine on your ways.^(X)
29 When people are brought low^(Y) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.^(Z)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,^(AA)
    who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”^(AB)

⁸ “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.^(A)