⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,^(A)
    the earth will wear out like a garment^(B)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation^(C) will last forever,^(D)
    my righteousness will never fail.^(E)

⁷ “Hear me, you who know what is right,^(F)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:^(G)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.^(H)
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment;^(I)
    the worm^(J) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,^(K)
    my salvation through all generations.”

²⁷ But you remain the same,^(A)
    and your years will never end.^(B)