³ You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”^(E)
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.^(F)

²⁷ The eternal^(A) God is your refuge,^(B)
    and underneath are the everlasting^(C) arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,^(D)
    saying, ‘Destroy them!’^(E)

¹³ The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,^(A)
    he is the one you are to fear,^(B)
    he is the one you are to dread.^(C)
14 He will be a holy place;^(D)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone^(E) that causes people to stumble^(F)
    and a rock that makes them fall.^(G)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.^(H)

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(A)
11 They will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.^(B)
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,^(C)
    and your years will never end.”^[a](D)