Honor comes with quality of life, not length of life.
The just man, though he die early, shall be at rest.
For the age that is honorable
comes not with the passing of time,
nor can it be measured in terms of years.
Rather, understanding is the hoary crown for men,
and an unsullied life, the attainment of old age.
He who pleased God was loved;
he who lived among sinners was transported.
The just man dead
condemns the sinful who live,
and youth swiftly completed
condemns the many years of the wicked man grown old.
For they see the death of the wise man
and do not understand
what the Lord intended for him,
or why he made him secure.
The Word of the Lord.