2 When you get old,the light from the sun, moon, and stars will grow dark;the rain clouds will never seem to go away.
3 At that time your arms will shakeand your legs will become weak.Your teeth will fall out so you cannot chew,and your eyes will not see clearly.
4 Your ears will be deaf to the noise in the streets,and you will barely hear the millstone grinding grain.You’ll wake up when a bird starts singing,but you will barely hear singing.
5 You will fear high placesand will be afraid to go for a walk.Your hair will become white like the flowers on an almond tree.You will limp along like a grasshopper when you walk.Your appetite will be gone.Then you will go to your everlasting home,and people will go to your funeral.
6 Soon your life will snap like a silver chainor break like a golden bowl.You will be like a broken pitcher at a spring,or a broken wheel at a well.
7 You will turn back into the dust of the earth again,but your spirit will return to God who gave it.
8 Everything is useless!The Teacher says that everything is useless.