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Quotation
Later text
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
Earlier text
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
Applies creation psalm to Christ, establishing his role as creator and his immutability/eternality. Contrasts changeable creation with unchanging Christ. Critical for Christology—the Son created and transcends creation. The threefold contrast (they perish/you remain; they change/you are the same; they end/you continue) demonstrates the Son's eternal, immutable divine nature that categorically surpasses both angels and all creation.
▸ Yahweh You Laid the Foundations
Prosopological Shift: Speaker (suffering psalmist → God the Father); Auditor (Yahweh → the Son). What was originally the psalmist's lament directed to Yahweh as Creator and Immutable Lord becomes the Father's address to the Son in the same terms — the Son receives the praise originally addressed to Yahweh.