7. I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
8. Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up together: I the Lord have created him.
9. Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?
10. Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? and to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?
11. Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.
12. I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.