When the people assemble together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.
He answered Him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
Call me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are unto generation and generation.
In the beginning, O Lord, Thou foundest the earth; and the heavens are the works of Thy hands.
They shall perish, but Thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment:
And as a vesture Thou shalt change them, and [pg 489] they shall be changed. But Thou art always the self-same, and Thy years shall not fail.
The children of Thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed forever.
Glory be to the Father, etc.
Psalm CXXIX.
De profundis.