Ecclesiastes 12:10 - Prayer Tents

12So remember your Creator while you are still young, before those dismal days and years come when you will say, "I don't enjoy life."H2142H1254H3117H979H7451H3117H935H8141H5060H559H2656

2That is when the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars will grow dim for you, and the rain clouds will never pass away.H8121H216H3394H3556H2821H5645H7725H310H1653

3Then your arms, that have protected you, will tremble, and your legs, now strong, will grow weak. Your teeth will be too few to chew your food, and your eyes too dim to see clearly.H3117H8104H1004H2111H2428H582H5791H2912H988H4591H7200H699H2821

4Your ears will be deaf to the noise of the street. You will barely be able to hear the mill as it grinds or music as it plays, but even the song of a bird will wake you from sleep.H1817H5462H7784H6963H2913H8217H6965H6963H6833H1323H7892H7817

5You will be afraid of high places, and walking will be dangerous. Your hair will turn white; you will hardly be able to drag yourself along, and all desire will be gone. We are going to our final resting place, and then there will be mourning in the streets.H3372H1364H2849H1870H8247H5006H2284H5445H35H6565H120H1980H5769H1004H5594H5437H7784

6The silver chain will snap, and the golden lamp will fall and break; the rope at the well will break, and the water jar will be shattered.H3808H3701H2256H7576H7368H2091H1543H7533H3537H7665H4002H1534H7533H953

7Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.H6083H7725H776H7307H7725H430H5414

8Useless, useless, said the Philosopher. It is all useless.H1892H1892H559H6953H1892

The Summing Up

9But because the Philosopher was wise, he kept on teaching the people what he knew. He studied proverbs and honestly tested their truth.H3148H6953H2450H3925H5971H1847H239H2713H8626H7235H4912

10The Philosopher tried to find comforting words, but the words he wrote were honest.H6953H1245H4672H2656H1697H3789H3476H1697H571

11The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep, and collected proverbs are as lasting as firmly driven nails. They have been given by God, the one Shepherd of us all.H1697H2450H1861H4930H5193H1167H627H5414H259H7462

12My child, there is something else to watch out for. There is no end to the writing of books, and too much study will wear you out.H3148H1992H1121H2094H6213H7235H5612H7093H7235H3854H3024H1320

13After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for.H8085H5490H1697H3372H430H8104H4687H120

14God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or bad, even things done in secret.H430H935H4639H4941H5956H2896H7451