Ecclesiastes 12:1–7

Remember now thy Creator ^ain the days of thy ^byouth, ^swhile ^cthe evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when ^dthou shalt say, I have no ^epleasure in them; ^2sWhile the sun, or ^fthe light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: ³In the day when the keepers of the house shall ^gtremble, and the ^hstrong men shall bow themselves, and ^||the grinders cease because they are few, and ⁱthose that look out of the windows be darkened, ⁴And ^jthe doors shall be shut in the ^kstreets, when ^lthe sound of the grinding ^mis low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all ^dthe daughters of musick shall be ^mbrought low; ⁵Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall ⁿflourish, and the ^ograsshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his ^plong ^qhome, and ^rthe mourners go about the ^kstreets: ^6sOr ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden ^tbowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. ⁷Then shall ^uthe dust return to the earth as it was: and ^xthe spirit shall return unto God ^ywho gave it.