⁸ “Rain^(B) down, you heavens, from above,
And let the skies pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,
And let righteousness spring up together.
I, the Lord, have created it.

¹⁸ For thus says the Lord,
^(A)Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it ^[a]in vain,
Who formed it to be ^(B)inhabited:
^(C)“I am the Lord, and there is no other.