It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them;
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him.
