⁹ You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.^(A)

¹⁴ For God will bring every deed into judgment,^(A)
    including every hidden thing,^(B)
    whether it is good or evil.

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.

“God will bring into judgment^(A)
    both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
    a time to judge every deed.”^(B)

⁷ if my steps have turned from the path,^(A)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands^(B) have been defiled,^(C)