12 Remember^(A) your Creator
    in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble^(B) come
    and the years approach when you will say,
    “I find no pleasure in them”—

²⁷ It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

⁶ Start^(A) children off on the way they should go,^(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.^(C)

¹⁷ Since my youth, God, you have taught^(A) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.^(B)
18 Even when I am old and gray,^(C)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power^(D) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.^(E)