²⁸ A growing population is a king’s glory;
    a prince without subjects has nothing.

¹⁵ Lazy people sleep soundly,
    but idleness leaves them hungry.

¹ From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.
    Let all Israel repeat this:
² From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me,
    but they have never defeated me.

¹⁸ Now that I am old and gray,
    do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,
    your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

¹⁹ Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens.
    You have done such wonderful things.
    Who can compare with you, O God?
²⁰ You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,
    but you will restore me to life again
    and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

⁹ And now, in my old age, don’t set me aside.
    Don’t abandon me when my strength is failing.
¹⁰ For my enemies are whispering against me.
    They are plotting together to kill me.
¹¹ They say, “God has abandoned him.
    Let’s go and get him,
    for no one will help him now.”