“You will roll them up like a mantle, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years will not fail.”Psalm 102:25-27”
— WEB
Hebrews 1:12
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.”
— KJV
“And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.”
— ASV
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Commentary
vesture--Greek, "an enwrapping cloak." fold them up--So the Septuagint, Psa 102:26; but the Hebrew, "change them." The Spirit, by Paul, treats the Hebrew of the Old Testament, with independence of handling, presenting the divine truth in various aspects; sometimes as here sanctioning the Septuagint (compare Isa 34:4; Rev 6:14); sometimes the Hebrew; sometimes varying from both. changed--as one lays aside a garment to put on another. thou art the same-- (Isa 46:4; Mal 3:6). The same in nature, therefore in covenant faithfulness to Thy people. shall not fail--Hebrew, "shall not end." Israel, in the Babylonian captivity, in the hundred second Psalm, casts her hopes of deliverance on Messiah, the unchanging covenant God of Israel.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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