⁷ I form the light and create darkness,^(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;^(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

⁸ “You heavens above, rain^(C) down my righteousness;^(D)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation^(E) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

⁹ “Woe to those who quarrel^(F) with their Maker,^(G)
    those who are nothing but potsherds^(H)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,^(I)
    ‘What are you making?’^(J)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?^(K)