12Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them";H2142H1254H3117H979H7451H3117H935H8141H5060H559H26562before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,H8121H216H3394H3556H2821H5645H7725H310H16533in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,H3117H8104H1004H2111H2428H582H5791H2912H988H4591H7200H699H28214and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low—H1817H5462H7784H6963H2913H8217H6965H6963H6833H1323H7892H78175they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets—H3372H1364H2849H1870H8247H5006H2284H5445H35H6565H120H1980H5769H1004H5594H5437H77846before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,H3808H3701H2256H7576H7368H2091H1543H7533H3537H7665H4002H1534H7533H9537and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.H6083H7725H776H7307H7725H430H54148Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.H1892H1892H559H6953H1892
Fear God and Keep His Commandments
9Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.H3148H6953H2450H3925H5971H1847H239H2713H8626H7235H491210The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.H6953H1245H4672H2656H1697H3789H3476H1697H57111The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.H1697H2450H1861H4930H5193H1167H627H5414H259H746212My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.H3148H1992H1121H2094H6213H7235H5612H7093H7235H3854H3024H132013The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.H8085H5490H1697H3372H430H8104H4687H12014For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.H430H935H4639H4941H5956H2896H7451
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