Ecclesiastes 11:9–12:1

⁹You who are young, be happy while you are young,

and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.

Follow the ways of your heart

and whatever your eyes see,

but know that for all these things

God will bring you into judgment.^y

¹⁰So then, banish anxiety^z from your heart

and cast off the troubles of your body,

for youth and vigor are meaningless.^a

12Remember^b your Creator

in the days of your youth,

before the days of trouble^c come

and the years approach when you will say,

“I find no pleasure in them”—