10 The Second Song of Isaiah Quaerite Dominum
Isaiah 55:6-11
 

1. Seek the Lord while he wills to be found; *
    call upon him when he draws near. 

2. Let the wicked forsake their ways *
    and the evil ones their thoughts;

3. And let them turn to the Lord, and he will have compassion, *
    and to our God, for he will richly pardon.

4. For my thoughts are not your thoughts,*
    nor 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. For as rain and snow fall from the heavens *
    and return not again, but water the earth, 

7. † Bringing forth life and giving growth, *
    seed for sowing and bread for eating, 

8. So is my word that goes forth from my mouth; *
    it will not return to me empty; 

9. But it will accomplish that which I have purposed, *
    and prosper in that for which I sent it. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
 as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. 

† Second half of double chant