Sirach 25:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ Experience is the crown of the aged
    and respecting the Lord
    is their claim to fame.
⁷ In my heart, I would consider
nine conditions to be happy,
        and I’ll name a tenth with my tongue—
    people who are made glad
    by their children,
    and who live to see the downfall
of their enemies.
⁸     Happy are those
    who live with sensible wives,^[a]
    who don’t slip with their tongue,
    and who haven’t been a servant to one inferior to themselves.