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”—

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”^[a](C)

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)

¹² young men and women,
    old men and children.

⁸ the young men saw me and stepped aside^(A)
    and the old men rose to their feet;^(B)