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III

24 He has shattered my strength in mid-course,
    has cut short my days.
25 I plead, O my God,
    do not take me in the midst of my days.[a](A)
    Your years last through all generations.
26 Of old you laid the earth’s foundations;(B)
    the heavens are the work of your hands.

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Footnotes

  1. 102:25 In the midst of my days: when the normal span of life is but half completed, cf. Is 38:10; Jer 17:11.

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.

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