²⁴ Yet to those who repent he grants a return,
   and he encourages those who are losing hope.

²⁵ Turn back to the Lord and forsake your sins;
   pray in his presence and lessen your offence.
²⁶ Return to the Most High and turn away from iniquity,
   and hate intensely what he abhors.
²⁷ Who will sing praises to the Most High in Hades
   in place of the living who give thanks?
²⁸ From the dead, as from one who does not exist, thanksgiving has ceased;
   those who are alive and well sing the Lord’s praises.
²⁹ How great is the mercy of the Lord,
   and his forgiveness for those who return to him!