5  I am the Lord, and there is no other,

besides me there is no God;

I equip you, though you do not know me,

6  that people may know, ^tfrom 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 well-being and create calamity;

I am the Lord, who does all these things.

1  Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,

whose right hand I have grasped,

to subdue nations before him

and to loose the belts of kings,

to open doors before him

that gates may not be closed: