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 

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

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

who satisfies your life with good things, ¹  so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s. ² 

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

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

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

I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. ¹  I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. 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.

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.

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

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

O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring ¹  your amazing deeds.

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

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

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

For you give me confidence, ¹  O Lord; O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young. ² 

who leaves ¹  the husband ²  from her younger days, ³  and forgets her marriage covenant ⁴  made before God. ⁵