Refrain:
AllReturn to the Lord, who
will have mercy,
to our God, who will richly pardon.
1Seek the Lord while
he may be found, ♦
call upon him while he is near;
2Let the wicked abandon
their ways, ♦
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
3Return to the Lord,
who will have mercy; ♦
to our God, who will richly pardon.
4‘For my thoughts
are not your thoughts, ♦
neither are your ways my ways,’ says the Lord.
5‘For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, ♦
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
6‘As the rain and
the snow come down from above, ♦
and return not again but water the earth,
7‘Bringing forth
life and giving growth, ♦
seed for sowing and bread to eat,
8‘So is my word
that goes forth from my mouth; ♦
it will not return to me fruitless,
9‘But it will accomplish
that which I purpose, ♦
and succeed in the task I gave it.’
Isaiah 55.6-11
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
AllReturn to the Lord, who
will have mercy,
to our God, who will richly pardon.