3 I will give you treasures of darkness,riches hidden away,That you may know I am the Lord,the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
4 For the sake of Jacob, my servant,of Israel my chosen one,I have called you by name,giving you a title, though you do not know me.
5 I am the Lord, there is no other,there is no God besides me.It is I who arm you, though you do not know me,
6 so that all may know, from the rising of the sunto its setting, that there is none besides me.I am the Lord, there is no other.
7 I form the light, and create the darkness,I make weal and create woe;I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 Let justice descend, you heavens, like dew from above,like gentle rain let the clouds drop it down.Let the earth open and salvation bud forth;let righteousness spring up with them!I, the Lord, have created this.
9 Woe to anyone who contends with their Maker;a potsherd among potsherds of the earth!Shall the clay say to the potter, “What are you doing?”or, “What you are making has no handles”?