His bones ¹  were full of his youthful vigor, ²  but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

Moreover, the strength of their ¹  hands – what use was it to me? Men whose strength ²  had perished;

then his flesh is restored ¹  like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. ² 

Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eye was not dull ¹  nor had his vitality ²  departed.

“One man dies in his full vigor, ¹  completely secure and prosperous,

lest you give your vigor ¹  to others and your years to a cruel person,

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.

Calamity is ¹  hungry for him, ²  and misfortune is ready at his side. ³ 

Their bulls ¹  breed ²  without fail; ³  their cows calve and do not miscarry.

Your people willingly follow you ¹  when you go into battle. ²  On the holy hills ³  at sunrise ⁴  the dew of your youth ⁵  belongs to you. ⁶ 

We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; ¹  we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men. ² 

I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ¹  me, and my vigor disappeared; ²  I was without energy. ³ 

You will come to your grave in a full age, ¹  As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. ¹ 

We will swallow them alive ¹  like Sheol, ²  those full of vigor ³  like those going down to the Pit.

The glory ¹  of young men is their strength, and the splendor ²  of old men is gray hair. ³ 

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled ¹  with God.

So remember ¹  your Creator in the days of your youth – before ²  the difficult ³  days come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, ¹  his eyes gleamed. ² 

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, ¹  and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses ²  of your heart and the desires ³  of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions. ⁴