23. He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.
24. I say, `My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations [are] Thine years.
25. Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens.
26. They--They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.
27. And Thou [art] the same, and Thine years are not finished.