²⁵ In the beginning^(A) you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens^(B) are the work of your hands.^(C)

²³ I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

²¹ Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?^(A)
Has it not been told^(B) you from the beginning?^(C)
    Have you not understood^(D) since the earth was founded?^(E)

⁴ Who has done this and carried it through,
    calling^(A) forth the generations from the beginning?^(B)
I, the Lord—with the first of them
    and with the last^(C)—I am he.^(D)”

²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(A) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(B) it,
    no one heard any words^(C) from you.