⁶ ·So you should look for [^LSeek] the Lord ·before it is too late [while he may be found];
    you should call to him while he is near.
⁷ The wicked should ·stop doing wrong [abandon/forsake their ways],
    and ·they [^Lthe unrighteous person] should stop their evil thoughts.
They should return to the Lord so he may have ·mercy [compassion] on them.
    They should come to our God, because he will freely forgive them [Deut. 4:25–31; 30:1–10; 1 Kin. 8:46–53].

⁸ The Lord says, “My thoughts are not like your thoughts.
    Your ways are not like my ways.