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 get us an heart of wisdom.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, And teachest out of thy law;
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.