Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Prayer Tents

12Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them";H2142H1254H3117H979H7451H3117H935H8141H5060H559H2656 2before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return with the rain;H8121H216H3394H3556H2821H5645H7725H310H1653 3in the day when the guards of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the women who grind cease working because they are few, and those who look through the windows see dimly;H3117H8104H1004H2111H2428H582H5791H2912H988H4591H7200H699H2821 4when the doors on the street are shut, and 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;H1817H5462H7784H6963H2913H8217H6965H6963H6833H1323H7892H7817 5when one is afraid of heights, and terrors are in the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails; because all must go to their eternal home, and the mourners will go about the streets;H3372H1364H2849H1870H8247H5006H2284H5445H35H6565H120H1980H5769H1004H5594H5437H7784 6before the silver cord is snapped, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel broken at the cistern,H3808H3701H2256H7576H7368H2091H1543H7533H3537H7665H4002H1534H7533H953 7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.H6083H7725H776H7307H7725H430H5414 8Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.H1892H1892H559H6953H1892

Epilogue

9Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.H3148H6953H2450H3925H5971H1847H239H2713H8626H7235H4912 10The Teacher sought to find pleasing words, and he wrote words of truth plainly.H6953H1245H4672H2656H1697H3789H3476H1697H571 11The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.H1697H2450H1861H4930H5193H1167H627H5414H259H7462 12Of anything beyond these, my child, beware. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.H3148H1992H1121H2094H6213H7235H5612H7093H7235H3854H3024H1320 13The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone.H8085H5490H1697H3372H430H8104H4687H120 14For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.H430H935H4639H4941H5956H2896H7451