17. He will listen to the prayers of those in poverty. He will not ignore them.
18. Write these things for future generations, so that they will praise the Lord.
19. The Lord will look down from his Holy Place above. He will look down at the earth from heaven.
20. And he will hear the prisoner’s prayers. He will free those who were condemned to die.
21. Then people in Zion will tell about the Lord. They will praise his name in Jerusalem
22. when nations gather together and kingdoms come to serve the Lord.
23. My strength failed me. My life is cut short.
24. So I said, “Don’t let me die while I am still young. God, you will live forever and ever!
25. Long ago, you made the world. You made the sky with your own hands!
26. The earth and sky will end, but you will live forever! They will wear out like clothes, and like clothes, you will change them.
27. But you never change. You will live forever!