^{1 Ref} Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:

^{2 Ref} `I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,

^{3 Ref} And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah, Who am calling on thy name -- `am' the God of Israel.

^{4 Ref} For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

^{5 Ref} I `am' Jehovah, and there is none else, Except Me there is no God, I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me.

^{6 Ref} So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I `am' Jehovah, and there is none else,