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 thy statutes.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt 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 sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.