141,aReturn, O Israel, to Yahweh your God,For you have stumbled in your biniquity.2Takewords with you and return to Yahweh.Say to Him, “aForgivealliniquityAnd 1takewhat isgood,That we may bpay in full2the fruit of our lips.3“Assyria will not save us;We will anot ride on horses,Nor will we sayagain, ‘bOur god,’To the cwork of our hands;For in dYou the 1orphanfindscompassion.”4I will aheal their turning away from Me;I will blove them freely,For My anger has cturnedaway from them.5I will be like the adew to Israel;He will flourish like the blily,And he will 1takeroot like the cedars ofcLebanon.6His shoots will go forth,And his splendor will be like the aolivetreeAnd his fragrance like the cedars ofbLebanon.7Those who alive in his shadowWill 1againraisebgrain,And they will flourish like the vine.His name ofremembrancewill be like the wine of Lebanon.8O Ephraim, whatmore have I to do with aidols?It is I who answer and lookafter1you.I am like a luxuriantbcypress;From cMe 2comes your fruit.9aWhoever is wise, so let him discernthesethings;Whoever is discerning, let him know them.For the bways of Yahweh are right,And the crighteous will walk in them,But dtransgressors will stumble in them.
