1  Thus says the Lord to ^phis anointed, to Cyrus,

^qwhose right hand I have grasped,

to subdue nations before him

and ^rto loose the belts of kings,

to open doors before him

that gates may not be closed:

5  ^xI am the Lord, and there is no other,

besides me there is no God;

^yI equip you, though you do not know me,

6  ^zthat people may know, from 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 ^acreate calamity;

I am the Lord, who does all these things.