⁵ For you have been my hope,^(A) Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence^(B) since my youth.
⁶ From birth^(C) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.^(D)
    I will ever praise^(E) you.

¹⁸ Even when I am old and gray,^(A)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power^(B) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.^(C)