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

³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,^(A)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.^[a](B)

⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:^(A)
“You are a priest forever,^(B)
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(C)”

⁹ Foreigners sap his strength,^(A)
    but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
    but he does not notice.