^(C)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
⁸ Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,

¹³ “If you would ^(A)prepare your heart,
And ^(B)stretch out your hands toward Him;

^6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be ^(B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
^7 (C)Let the ^[a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man ^(D)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
^(E)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

²¹ “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and ^(A)be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
²² Receive, please, ^(B)instruction from His mouth,
And ^(C)lay up His words in your heart.
²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
²⁴ Then you will ^(D)lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
²⁵ Yes, the Almighty will be your ^[a]gold
And your precious silver;
²⁶ For then you will have your ^(E)delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
^27 (F)You will make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
²⁸ You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.
²⁹ When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’
Then ^(G)He will save the humble person.
³⁰ He will even deliver one who is not innocent;
Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.”

⁸ “But as for me, I would seek God,
And to God I would commit my cause—