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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,
    so that all may know, from the rising of the sun
    to its setting, that there is none besides me.[a]
I am the Lord, there is no other.
    I form the light, and create the darkness,
I make weal and create woe;[b]
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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Footnotes

  1. 45:6 The nations will come to know that Israel’s God is the only God; cf. also vv. 20–25.
  2. 45:7 Create woe: God created and controls all aspects of creation (light and darkness, order and chaos).

I am the Lord, and there is no other;(A)
    apart from me there is no God.(B)
I will strengthen you,(C)
    though you have not acknowledged me,
so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting(D)
people may know(E) there is none besides me.(F)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I form the light and create darkness,(G)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(H)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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