This chapter is soemtimes used at funeral but with a slightly different, and I think, somewhat better translation.
With three things I am delighted,
for they are pleasing to the Lord and to all.
Harmony among family, friendship among neighbors
and the mutual love of husband and wife.
What you have not saved in your youth,
how will you acquire in your old age?
How becoming to the gray-haired is judgment and a
knowledge of counsel to those on in years!
How becoming to the aged is wisdom,
understanding and prudence to the venerable.
The crown of the aged is wide experience;
their glory is reverence for the Lord.
There are nine who come to my mind as blessed,
a tenth whom my tongue proclaims.
The ones who find joy in their children,
and live to make peace with their enemies.
Happy is the man or woman who dwells
with a sensible spouse.
Who plows not like a donkey
yoked with an ox.
Or gossips not about another.
The one who finds wisdom is great indeed,
but not greater than one who reverences the Lord.
Reverence of the Lord surpasses all else,
its possessor is beyond compare.
Happy Spring everyone!
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