²⁵ I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken^(A)
    or their children begging^(B) bread.
²⁶ They are always generous and lend freely;^(C)
    their children will be a blessing.^[a](D)

² Their children^(A) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.