1 So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:Before the days of adversity come,and the years approach when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;
2 before the sun and the light are darkened, and the moon and the stars,and the clouds return after the rain;
3 on the day when the guardians of the house tremble,and the strong men stoop,the women who grind cease because they are few,and the ones who watch through the windows see dimly,
4 the doors at the street are shutwhile the sound of the mill fades; when one rises at the sound of a bird,and all the daughters of song grow faint.
5 Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;the almond tree blossoms,the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry has no effect;for man is headed to his eternal home, and mourners will walk around in the street;
6 before the silver cord is snapped, and the gold bowl is broken, and the jar is shattered at the spring,and the wheel is broken into the well;