⁷ I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’^(A)
8 But it is the spirit^[a](B) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,^(C) that gives them understanding.^(D)

²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength,
    gray hair the splendor of the old.^(A)

¹² The righteous will flourish^(A) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;^(B)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.^(C)
14 They will still bear fruit^(D) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
¹⁵ proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.^(E)”