6 that men may know, from the rising of the sun

and from the west, that there is none besides me;

I am the Lord, and there is no other.

7 I form light and create darkness,

I make weal and create woe,

I am the Lord, who do all these things.

8 “Shower, O heavens, from above,

and let the skies rain down righteousness;

let the earth open, that salvation may sprout forth,e

and let it cause righteousness to spring up also;

I the Lord have created it.