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24 I said, “My El, don’t take me now in the middle of my life.
    Your years continue on throughout every generation.
25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth.
    Even the heavens are the works of your hands.
26 They will come to an end, but you will still go on.
    They will all wear out like clothing.
        You will change them like clothes,
            and they will be thrown away.

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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.

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