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26 “Look, God is greater than we can understand.
    His years cannot be counted.

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26 How great is God—beyond our understanding!(A)
    The number of his years is past finding out.(B)

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Before the mountains were born,
    before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
    from beginning to end, you are God.

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Before the mountains were born(A)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting(B) you are God.(C)

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Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!
    No one can measure his greatness.

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Great(A) is the Lord and most worthy of praise;(B)
    his greatness no one can fathom.(C)

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12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[a] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:12 Greek see face to face.

12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;(A) then we shall see face to face.(B) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.(C)

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23 We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty;
    but even though he is just and righteous,
    he does not destroy us.

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23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;(A)
    in his justice(B) and great righteousness, he does not oppress.(C)

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God’s voice is glorious in the thunder.
    We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.

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God’s voice thunders(A) in marvelous ways;(B)
    he does great things beyond our understanding.(C)

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“Can you solve the mysteries of God?
    Can you discover everything about the Almighty?
Such knowledge is higher than the heavens—
    and who are you?
It is deeper than the underworld[a]
    what do you know?
It is broader than the earth
    and wider than the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:8 Hebrew than Sheol.

“Can you fathom(A) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher(B) than the heavens(C) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(D)—what can you know?(E)
Their measure(F) is longer than the earth
    and wider than the sea.(G)

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27 “But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!

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27 “But will God really dwell(A) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,(B) cannot contain(C) you. How much less this temple I have built!

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24 But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,
    don’t take my life while I am so young!
25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
    and made the heavens with your hands.
26 They will perish, but you remain forever;
    they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
    and discard them.
27 But you are always the same;
    you will live forever.

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24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on(A) through all generations.
25 In the beginning(B) you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens(C) are the work of your hands.(D)
26 They will perish,(E) but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,(F)
    and your years will never end.(G)

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14 These are just the beginning of all that he does,
    merely a whisper of his power.
    Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”

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14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper(A) we hear of him!(B)
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(C)

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12 You will fold them up like a cloak
    and discard them like old clothing.
But you are always the same;
    you will live forever.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:10-12 Ps 102:25-27.

12 You will roll them up like a robe;
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,(A)
    and your years will never end.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:12 Psalm 102:25-27

But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.

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But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(A)

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Is your lifetime only as long as ours?
    Is your life so short

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Are your days like those of a mortal
    or your years like those of a strong man,(A)

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