I thought to myself,\par ‘Older people should speak first.\par Older people have lived many years.\par So they have learned many things.’\par
Then King Rehoboam talked with the older men who had served his father Solomon in the past. Rehoboam said to them, “What do you advise me to say to those people?”
\{We say,\}\par ‘Wisdom is to be found in old people.\par Long life brings understanding.’\par
The gray-haired men\par and the old people agree with us.\par Yes, even people older than your father\par are on our side.\par
Old men are not the only wise people.\par Old people are not the only people\par that understand what is right.\par
I understand more than the older leaders\par because I keep your commands.\par
Gray hair is the crown of glory on people who have lived good lives.