²⁵ I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

⁵ Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

¹³ His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

²² For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

⁵ And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

⁶ For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

²⁸ For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

² His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

⁹ We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

²² The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

¹⁸ Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

⁸ And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

⁹ Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

¹⁶ And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living.

⁵³ Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

⁵⁴ His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

⁵⁵ As he gave his word to our fathers.

¹⁴ The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

⁹ Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

¹⁵ Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

⁶ And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

⁷ I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

²³ He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

⁵ While you are living, all will give way before you: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not take away my help from you or give you up.

⁷ And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

¹⁰ Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

¹⁶ Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.