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    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.
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![c]
    I, the Lord, have created this.(A)

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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).
  3. 45:8 The Vulgate rendering gave a messianic sense to this verse, using “just one” and “savior” in place of “justice” and “salvation,” phraseology taken over in the Advent liturgy, e.g., the “Rorate coeli.”

so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting(A)
people may know(B) there is none besides me.(C)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I form the light and create darkness,(D)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(E)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

“You heavens above, rain(F) down my righteousness;(G)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation(H) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

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