⁵ Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
    your faithfulness^(A) to the skies.^(B)

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)

⁵ For the Lord is good^(A) and his love endures forever;^(B)
    his faithfulness^(C) continues through all generations.

¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(A) for those who fear him;^(B)

¹⁰ For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the skies.^(A)