12 Remember^(A) now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the ^[a]difficult days come,
And the years draw near ^(B)when you say,
“I have no pleasure in them”:

¹³ I write to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is ^(A)from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
Because you have overcome the wicked one.
I write to you, little children,
Because you have ^(B)known the Father.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
^(A)Walk in the ^[a]ways of your heart,
And ^[b]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
^(B)God will bring you into judgment.