6
Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,
7
let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
8
For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.
9
But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.
10
For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.