¹⁷ I love those who love me,^(A)
    and those who seek me find me.^(B)

¹³ Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
    guard it well, for it is your life.^(A)

²⁵ The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;^(A)

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)

¹⁹ I have not spoken in secret,^(A)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;^(B)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,^(C)
    ‘Seek^(D) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.^(E)