⁵ Are your days like those of a mortal
    or your years like those of a strong man,^(A)

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

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)

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)

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(A)
    your renown endures^(B) through all generations.^(C)

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