“With the aged [you say] is wisdom,
And with long life is understanding.

“I thought age should speak,
And a multitude of years should teach wisdom.

“Those [who are] abundant in years may not [always] be wise,
Nor may the elders [always] understand justice.

A poor yet wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction and counsel (friendly reproof, warning)—

I understand more than the aged [who have not observed Your precepts],
Because I have observed and kept Your precepts.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in steadfastness [Christlike in character].

Older women similarly are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor addicted to much wine, teaching what is right and good,

The glory of young men is their [physical] strength,
And the honor of aged men is their gray head [representing wisdom and experience].