⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,^(A)
    the earth will wear out like a garment^(B)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation^(C) will last forever,^(D)
    my righteousness will never fail.^(E)

¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth^(A)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand^(B)—
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,^(C)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.^(D)’”