39  “‘See now that ^hI, even I, am he,

and there is no god beside me;

ⁱI kill and I make alive;

^jI wound and I heal;

and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

6  ⁿThe Lord kills and brings to life;

he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7  ^oThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;

^phe brings low and he exalts.

8  ^qHe raises up the poor from the dust;

he lifts the needy from the ash heap

^rto make them sit with princes

and inherit a seat of honor.

^sFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,

and on them he has set the world.

12  Behold, he snatches away; ^mwho can turn him back?

ⁿWho will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

6  ^gThe tents of robbers are at peace,

and those who provoke God are secure,

who bring their god in their hand.¹

7  “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;

the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;

8  or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;²

and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

9  Who among all these does not know

that ^hthe hand of the Lord has done this?

10  In ⁱhis hand is the life of every living thing

and the breath of all mankind.

11  ^wThe counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

3  ^dOur God is in the heavens;

^ehe does all that he pleases.

6  ^cWhatever the Lord pleases, he does,

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all deeps.

24  The Lord of hosts has sworn:

^q“As I have planned,

so shall it be,

and as I have purposed,

so shall it stand,

7  I form light and create darkness;

I make well-being and ^acreate calamity;

I am the Lord, who does all these things.