24. I said, "My God, don't take me away in the middle of my days.Your years are throughout all generations.
25. Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.The heavens are the work of your hands.
26. They will perish, but you will endure.Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
27. But you are the same.Your years will have no end.
22. "The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work,before his deeds of old.
23. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,before the earth existed.
24. When there were no depths, I was born,when there were no springs abounding with water.
25. Before the mountains were settled in place,before the hills, I was born;
For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,being small among the clans of Judah,out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel;whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.