6 so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting

that there is no one but me.i

I am the Lord, and there is no other.

7 I form light and create darkness,j

I make success and create disaster;k

I am the Lord, who does all these things.

8 “Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.l

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.m

I, the Lord, have created it.