Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.

就是少年人也要疲乏困倦；强壮的也必全然跌倒。

就是年轻人也要疲乏困倦，强壮的也必全然跌倒。

就是年轻人也要疲乏困倦，强壮的也必全然跌倒。

即使青年也会疲乏困倦，强壮的人也会踉跄跌倒；

就是年轻人也会疲乏困倦，强壮的人也会全然跌倒。

少年人也会疲倦困乏，青年人也会全然绊倒，

就是少年人也要疲乏困倦；強壯的也必全然跌倒。

就是年輕人也要疲乏困倦，強壯的也必全然跌倒。

就是年輕人也要疲乏困倦，強壯的也必全然跌倒。

即使青年也會疲乏困倦，強壯的人也會踉蹌跌倒；

就是年輕人也會疲乏困倦，強壯的人也會全然跌倒。

就是少年人也會疲乏困倦，強壯人也會力盡而倒地；

少年人也會疲倦困乏，青年人也會全然絆倒，

少者必疲倦、壯者必顚躓、

壯者必倦怠、少者必顛躓、

少者不免疲倦困乏、壯者不免躓蹶顛仆、

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

Even young people become worn out and get tired. Even the best of them trip and fall.

Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;

Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall,

Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly,

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Youths may faint and grow weary, and young men stumble and fall,

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

Your fastest runners will not get away. The strongest among you will become weak. Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves.

The best equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.

The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for children.”

Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.

That is why the Lord takes no pleasure in the young men and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans. For they are all wicked hypocrites, and they all speak foolishness. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.

You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude

So now I am filled with the Lord’s fury. Yes, I am tired of holding it in!“ I will pour out my fury on children playing in the streets and on gatherings of young men, on husbands and wives and on those who are old and gray.

For death has crept in through our windows and has entered our mansions. It has killed off the flower of our youth: Children no longer play in the streets, and young men no longer gather in the squares.