³ Our God is in heaven
and does whatever He pleases.^(A)

⁷ I form light and create darkness,^(A)
I make success and create disaster;^(B)
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

³⁷ Who is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?^(A)
38 Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?^(B)

³⁵ All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants^(A) with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”^(B)