rsv Ecclesiastes:12:1-7 SEEK
Seeker Overlay ON
*
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth ,
before the evil days come ,
and the years draw nigh ,
when you will say , "
I have no pleasure in them ";
*
before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain ;
*
in the day when the keepers of the house tremble ,
and the strong men are bent ,
and the grinders cease because they are few ,
and those that look through the windows are dimmed ,
*
and the doors on the street are shut ;
when the sound of the grinding is low ,
and one rises up at the voice of a bird ,
and all the daughters of song are brought low ;
*
they are afraid also of what is high ,
and terrors are in the way ;
the almond tree blossoms ,
the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails ;
because man goes to his eternal home ,
and the mourners go about the streets ;
*
before the silver cord is snapped ,
or the golden bowl is broken ,
or the pitcher is broken at the fountain ,
or the wheel broken at the cistern ,
*
and the dust returns to the earth as it was ,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it .