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For if a man lives many years,
    let him rejoice in them all.
But let him remember the days of darkness—
    for there will be many.
Everything to come is obscure.

Rejoice, young man, in your childhood,
    and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.
Walk in the ways of your heart
    and in the sight of your eyes,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you to judgment.
10 So banish anxiety from your heart
    and cast off distress from your body,
for youth and prime of life are fleeting.

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