And remember him creating thee in the days of thy youth, till even when the days of evil shall not come, and the years draw near in which thou shalt say, Not to me delight in them;

For thou wilt write bitter things against me; and thou wilt give me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

The sins of my youth and my transgressions thou wilt not remember: according to thy mercy remember thou for me for sake of thy goodness, O Jehovah.

Therefore all these being dissolved, of what race ought ye to be in holy turning round and devotion,

Sorrow

For we were finished in thine Anger, and in thy wrath we were terrified.

And put

His bones were full of his youth, and shall lie down with him in the dust.

Therefore having these declarations, dearly let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

And flee youthful, eager desires: and follow justice, faith, love, peace, with them calling upon the Lord from a pure heart.

For

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; vanity of vanities, all vanity.

Behold, thou gavest my days a hand-breadth, and my life as nothing before thee: but every man stood all vanity. Silence.

Folly being bound in the heart of a youth; the rod of correction shall remove it far off from him.

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Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; vanity of vanities, all vanity.