Psalm 102:26

Translations

Modern

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

Traditional

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

Literal

They will perish, but You will stand; and all of them will wear out like a garment—like clothing, You will pass them on, and they will pass away.

Latin

Ipsi peribunt, tu autem permanes; et omnes sicut vestimentum veterascent. Et sicut opertorium mutabis eos, et mutabuntur;

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English

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

Notes

Psalms 102:25–27

wear out like a garment: Unlike the eternal Creator, the created world will wear out like a piece of clothing (see Isaiah 40:28).
The writer to the Hebrews describes this passage as having been addressed to Jesus, the Son (Hebrews 1:10–12).

Psalms 102:23–28

Although the psalmist suffers in the present, he bases his hope for the future on the Lord’s past faithfulness.

Psalms 102:1–28

A weak and suffering person prays for the Lord's mercy on Jerusalem and for his presence with its people.

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Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Isaiah 34:4
All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
Isaiah 66:22
“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
Revelation 21:1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Isaiah 65:17
For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
Psalm 102:12
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
2 Peter 3:7–12
And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

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Psalm 102:26

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