4. I do these things for my servants, the people of Jacob.I do these things for my chosen people, the Israelites.Cyrus, I call you by name.I give you a title of honor even though you don’t know me.
5. I am the Lord. There is no other God.I am the only God.I will make you strongeven though you don’t know me.
6. I do these things so everyone will knowthere is no other God.From the east to the west they will knowI alone am the Lord.
7. I made the light and the darkness.I bring peace, and I cause troubles.I, the Lord, do all these things.
8. “Sky above, make victory fall like rain.Clouds, pour down victory.May the earth receive it.May salvation grow.May victory grow with it.I, the Lord, have created it.