1. Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years of old age draw near, when you shall say, “I have no pleasure in them.”
2. When the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, or the clouds return after rain, When your vision dims with old age making it hard to see the sun, moon or stars.
3. In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men are stooped over, and the grinders cease because they are few, and the eyes of those who look out of the windows grow dim, Verses 3-7 are poetic analogies describing the process of aging, becoming weaker as one’s life declines unto death.
4. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and you shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
5. Also when they are afraid of heights, and terrors along the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets;
6. Before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern;
7. And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
8. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “all is vanity.”
9. And more than that, the Preacher was wise; he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs.
10. The Preacher sought to find out pleasing words; and words of truth written by the upright.
11. The words of the wise men are like goads; yea, their collected words are like nails driven home; given by one Shepherd.
12. And further, by these, my son, be warned. Of the making of many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments. For this is the whole man.
14. For God shall bring every work into judgment, concerning every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
RememberH2142
HCHVqv2msH853
HTonow your CreatorH1254
HVqrmpcHSp2msin the daysH3117
HRHNcmpcof your youth,H979
HNcbpcHSp2msbeforeH5704
HRH834
HTrH3808
HTnthe evilH7451
HTdHNcfsadaysH3117
HNcmpccome,H935
HVqi3mpand the yearsH834
HTrH8141
HNcfpaof old agedraw near,H5060
HCHVhq3cpwhen you shall say,H559
HVqi2ms"IHl
HRHSp1cshave noH369
HTnpleasureH2656
HNcmsain them."Hb
HRHSp3mp
WhenH5704
HRH834
HTrH3808
HTnthe sun,H8121
HTdHNcbsaor the light,H216
HCHTdHNcbsaor the moon,H3394
HCHTdHNcmsaor the stars,H3556
HCHTdHNcmpaare darkened,H2821
HVqi3fsor the cloudsH5645
HTdHNcbpareturnH7725
HCHVqq3cpafterH310
HRrain,H1653
HTdHNcmsa
In the dayH3117
HRdHNcmsawhen the keepersH8104
HVqrmpcof the houseH1004
HTdHNcmsashall tremble,H2111
HTrHVqi3mpand the strongH2428
HTdHNcmsamenH376
HNcmpcare stoopedH5791
HCHVtq3cpover, and the grindersH2912
HTdHNcfpaceaseH988
HCHVqq3cpbecauseH3588
HCthey are few,H4591
HVpp3cpand the eyes of those who look outH7200
HTdHVqrfpaof the windowsH699
HRdHNcfpagrow dim,H2821
HCHVqq3cp
And the doorsH1817
HNcfdashall be shutH5462
HCHVPq3cpin the streets,H7784
HRdHNcmsawhen the soundH6963
HNcmscof the grindingH2913
HTdHNcfsais low,H8217
HRHVqcand you shall rise upH6965
HCHVqi3msat the voiceH6963
HRHNcmscof a bird,H6833
HTdHNcbsaand allH3605
HNcmscthe daughtersH1323
HNcfpcof musicH7892
HTdHNcbsashall be brought low;H7817
HCHVNi3mp
Also whenH1571
HTathey are afraidH3372
HVqi3mpof heights,H1364
HRHAamsaand terrorsH2849
HCHNcmpaalong the way,H1870
HRdHNcbsaand the almond treeH8247
HTdHNcmsashall blossom,H5006
HCHVhi3msand the grasshopperH2284
HTdHNcmsashall be a burden,H5445
HCHVti3msand desireH35
HTdHNcfsashall fail;H6565
HCHVhi3fsbecauseH3588
HCmanH120
HTdHNcmsagoesH1980
HVqrmsatoH413
HRhis longH5769
HNcmscHSp3mshome,H1004
HNcmscand the mournersH5594
HTdHVqrmpago aboutH5437
HCHVqq3cpthe streets;H7784
HRdHNcmsa
BeforeH5704
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HTrH3808
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HNcbscis loosed,H7576
HVNi3msor the goldenH2091
HTdHNcmsabowlH1543
HNcfscis broken,H7533
HCHVqi3fsor the pitcherH3537
HNcfsais brokenH7665
HCHVNi3fsatH5921
HRthe fountain,H4002
HTdHNcmsaor the wheelH1534
HTdHNcmsabrokenH7533
HCHVNq3msatH413
HRthe cistern;H953
HTdHNcmsa
And the dustH6083
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HTdHNcbsaas it was,H1961
HRHTrHVqp3msand the spiritH7307
HCHTdHNcbsareturnsH7725
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HTrgave it.H5414
HVqp3msHSp3fs
"VanityH1892
HNcmscof vanities,"H1892
HNcmpasaysH559
HVqp3msthe Preacher;H6953
HTdHNcmsa"allH3605
HTdHNcmsaisvanity."H1892
HNcmsa
And moreH3148
HCHNcmsathan that, the PreacherH6953
HNcmsawasH1961
HTrHVqp3mswise;H2450
HAamsahe stillH5750
HDtaughtH3925
HVpp3msH853
HTothe peopleH5971
HTdHNcmsaknowledge.H1847
HNcfsaYea, he ponderedH239
HCHVpp3msand sought outH2713
HCHVpp3msand set in orderH8626
HVpp3msmanyH7235
HVhaproverbs.H4912
HNcmpa
The PreacherH6953
HNcmsasoughtH1245
HVpp3msto find outH4672
HRHVqcpleasingH2656
HNcmsawords;H1697
HNcmpcand wordsH1697
HNcmpcof truthH571
HNcfsawrittenH3789
HCHVqsmsaby the upright.H3476
HNcmsa
The wordsH1697
HNcmpcof the wise menH2450
HAampaarelike goads;H1861
HRdHNcbpayea, their collected wordsH627
HNcfpaH1167
HNcmpcare like nailsH4930
HCHRHNcbpadrivenH5193
HVqsmpahome; givenH5414
HVNp3cpby oneH259
HAcmsaShepherd.H7462
HRHVqrmsa
And further,H3148
HCHNcmsaby these,H1992
HRHPdxmpmy son,H1121
HNcmscHSp1csbe warned.H2094
HVNv2msOf the makingH6213
HVqcof manyH7235
HVhabooksH5612
HNcmpathere is noH369
HTnend,H7093
HNcmsaand muchH7235
HVhastudyH3854
HCHNcmsaisa wearinessH3024
HNcfscof the flesh.H1320
HNcmsa


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