Old Age
Leviticus 19:32
You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.


The eye of age looks meek into my heart; the voice of age echoes mournfully through it; the hoary head and palsied hand of age plead irresistibly for its sympathies. I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.

(Longfellow.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

WEB: "'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.




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