So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one
Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is d
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come