18 1This will be awritten for the bgeneration to come,

2That ca people yet to be created 3may praise 4the Lord.

19 For He alooked down from His holy height;

bFrom heaven the Lord gazed 1upon the earth,

20 To hear the agroaning of the prisoner,

To bset free 1those who were doomed to death,

21 That men may atell of the name of the Lord in Zion

And His praise in Jerusalem,

22 When athe peoples are gathered together,

And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

23 He has weakened my strength in the way;

He has ashortened my days.

24 I say, “O my God, ado not take me away in the 1midst of my days,

Your byears are throughout all generations.

25 “Of old You afounded the earth,

And the bheavens are the work of Your hands.

26 “1Even they will aperish, but You endure;

And all of them will wear out like a garment;

Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.

27 “But You are 1athe same,

And Your years will not come to an end.

28 “The achildren of Your servants will continue,

And their 1bdescendants will be established before You.”