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

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

Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand. ¹ 

They die ¹  in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes. ² 

May your fountain be blessed, ¹  and may you rejoice ²  in your young wife ³  –

Wail ¹  like a young virgin ²  clothed in sackcloth, lamenting the death of ³  her husband-to-be. ⁴ 

The man ¹  replied, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed ²  all these laws ³  since my youth.” ⁴ 

For you write down ¹  bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. ² 

A song of ascents. ²  “Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.

“Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me.

and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths ¹  – a young man ²  who lacked wisdom. ³ 

Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble. ¹ 

It is good for a man ¹  to bear ²  the yoke ³  while he is young. ⁴ 

but from my youth I raised the orphan ¹  like a father, and from my mother’s womb ²  I guided the widow! ³ 

You have cut short his youth, ¹  and have covered him with shame. (Selah)

Even now you say to me, ‘You are my father! ¹  You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting ¹  covenant with you.

They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers ¹  fondled their virgin nipples there.

But Saul replied to David, “You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”

This is how you assessed ¹  the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled ²  your nipples and squeezed ³  your young breasts.