I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.

我从前年幼，现在年老，却未见过义人被弃，也未见过他的后裔讨饭。

我从前年幼，现在年老，却未见过义人被弃，也未见过他的后裔求乞。

我从前年幼，现在年老，却未见过义人被弃，也未见过他的后裔求乞。

从幼年到老年，我从未见过义人遭弃，也未见其后人讨饭。

我从前年幼，现在年老，从未见过义人被弃，也从未见过他的后裔讨饭。

我曾经年少，现在老了，却未曾见过义人被离弃，也未曾见过他的后裔讨饭。

我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未見過義人被棄，也未見過他的後裔討飯。

我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未見過義人被棄，也未見過他的後裔求乞。

我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未見過義人被棄，也未見過他的後裔求乞。

從幼年到老年，我從未見過義人遭棄，也未見其後人討飯。

我從前年幼，現在年老，從未見過義人被棄，也從未見過他的後裔討飯。

我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未曾見過義人受撇棄，也未見過他的後裔討過飯。

我曾經年少，現在老了，卻未曾見過義人被離棄，也未曾見過他的後裔討飯。

我幼而老、未見義者被遺、其裔丐食兮、

義人遺棄、其裔丐食、我幼而老、未嘗見之兮、

我自幼至老、未曾見善人被棄、子孫乞食、

昔幼今已老。老人閱世多。未見為善者。終身歎轗軻。更未見其嗣。流落為乞兒。

I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

I once was young, and now I’m old. But I’ve never seen godly people deserted. I’ve never seen their children begging for bread.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread.

I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned or his children begging for bread.

I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging for bread.

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned or his children begging for bread.

I have been young, and[ now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said,“ I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth.

His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.

For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—

For the Lord will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:“ My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”

No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.

He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty.He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy,As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed forever.”

And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.

Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge.

He wanders about for bread, saying,‘ Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.

So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said:“ I am young in years, and you are very old; Therefore I was afraid, And dared not declare my opinion to you.I said,‘ Age should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

They wander up and down for food, And howl if they are not satisfied.

Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you— being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—

Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.

Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg; Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.