נַ֤עַר ׀ הָיִ֗יתִי גַּם־זָ֫קַ֥נְתִּי וְֽלֹא־רָ֭אִיתִי צַדִּ֣יק נֶעֱזָ֑ב וְ֝זַרְע֗וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־לָֽחֶם׃
Dahulu aku masih muda, dan sekarang aku sudah tua, tetapi belum pernah kulihat orang benar ditinggalkan, atau keturunannya meminta-minta roti.
Zohar
R. Simeon said: ‘It has been laid down that the “poor child” here is the good prompter, the same as he who said of himself: “I have been young, and now am old” (Ps. 37, 25). He is called “poor child”, as he has no possession whatever of his own, and is called “youth” for the reason that he is constantly renewed in the same way as the moon; also he is wise, since wisdom dwells within him.