3 If you have gathered nothingin your youth,how then will you find anythingin your old age?
4 How beautiful is sound judgmentin gray-haired womenand finding good advice in elderly men!
5 How beautiful is wisdom in the agedand thought and counselin those who are respectable!
6 Experience is the crown of the agedand respecting the Lordis their claim to fame.
7 In my heart, I would considernine conditions to be happy,and I’ll name a tenth with my tongue—people who are made gladby their children,and who live to see the downfallof their enemies.
8 Happy are thosewho live with sensible wives,who don’t slip with their tongue,and who haven’t been a servant to one inferior to themselves.
9 Happy is the onewho has gained good senseand who is passing this alongto listening ears.