Ecclesiastes
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
While
the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds
return after the rain: In the day when the
keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves,
and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows
be darkened.
And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the
sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the sound of the bird,
and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; also, when they shall be
afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond
tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall
fail: because man goeth to his long home, and mourners go about the streets:
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher
be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return
unto God who gave it. Vanity of vanities saith the preacher; all is vanity.