3
You have gathered nothing in your youth; how then can you find anything in your old age?
4
What an attractive thing is judgment in gray-haired men, and for the aged to possess good counsel!
5
How attractive is wisdom in the aged, and understanding and counsel in honorable men!
6
Rich experience is the crown of the aged, and their boast is the fear of the Lord.
7
With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart, and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue: a man rejoicing in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes;
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.