Psalms 102:26–28
Everything wears out like a garment, but God is the same and his years never end
Study it word by word26They will perish, but you will remain; and all of them like a garment will wear out; like clothing you will change them, and they will pass away.
27But you are the same, and your years will not come to an end.
28The sons of your servants will dwell, and their offspring before you will be established.”
In its context
24I say, “My El, do not take me up in the middle of my days, through generation of generations are your years.
25Of old you founded the earth, and the work of your hands are the heavens.
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Its words in the original
- יֹאבֵדוּyovedu· perish, be lost
Perish, be ruined, be lost; wander off. In the causative, destroy.
- תַעֲמֹדtaamod· stand
Stand; stay, remain, endure. "Stand before" someone is to serve him or be in his presence. In another form of the verb, set up, place, appoint.
- בֶּגֶדbeged· garment, clothing
Garment, clothing, cloth. (A word with the same letters means "treachery".)
- יִבְלוּyivlu· wear out
Wear out, grow old with time; wear something out.
- לְּבוּשׁlevush· garment
Garment, clothing.
- תַּחֲלִיפֵtachalife· change, pass on
Change, replace one thing with another. In other passages, pass by, pass away, or renew (strength).
- שְׁנוֹתֶיshenote· year
Year.
- יִתָּמּוּyitamu· be finished, be complete
Come to an end, be used up; be complete.
- בְּנֵיbene· son
Son. In the plural it can include sons and daughters, and also grandsons and descendants. "Son of..." also says what group someone belongs to ("sons of Israel" = Israelites).
- עֲבָדֶיavade· slave, servant
Slave, servant: someone who belongs to another or is in his service. It can be a slave, a worker or a high official of the king; before God, one who serves him. "Your servant" is a polite way to say "I".
- יִשְׁכּוֹנוּyishkonu· dwell
Dwell, settle and live; in the causative form, set, make to dwell.
- זַרְעָzara· offspring, seed
Seed. From there "offspring": the children and generations that come from someone. Also sowing and semen.
- פָנֶיfane· face, presence
Face. From there "surface" (the face of something) and "presence" (being before someone's face); with a preposition it means "before" or "in front of".
- יִכּוֹןyikon· be firm, prepare
Be firm, be set, be ready; in the causative form, set up, establish, prepare, make ready.