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74 lines
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\c 12
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\v 1 Also call to mind your Creator in the days of your youth,
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\q2 before the days of difficulty come,
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\q2 and before the years arrive when you say,
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\q3 "I have no pleasure in them,"
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\q1
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\v 2 before the light of the sun and the moon and the stars grows dark,
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\q2 and dark clouds return after the rain.
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\q1
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\v 3 That will be the time when the palace guard tremble,
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\q2 and strong men are bent over,
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\q1 and the women who grind cease because they are few,
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\q1 and those who look out of windows no longer see clearly.
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\v 4 That will be the time when the doors are shut in the street,
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\q2 and the sound of grinding stops,
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\q1 when men are startled at the voice of a bird,
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\q2 and the singing of girls' voices fades away.
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\v 5 That will be the time when men become afraid of heights
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\q2 and of dangers along on the road,
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\q1 and when the almond tree blossoms,
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\q2 and when grasshoppers drag themselves along,
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\q2 and when natural desires fail.
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\q1 Then man goes to his eternal home,
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\q2 and the mourners go down the streets.
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\v 6 Call to mind your Creator
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\q2 before the silver cord is cut,
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\q2 or the golden bowl is crushed,
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\q2 or the pitcher is shattered at the spring,
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\q2 or the water wheel is broken at the well,
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\v 7 before the dust returns to the earth where it came from,
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\q2 and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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\v 8 "A mist of vapor," says the Teacher, "everything is vanishing vapor."
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\v 9 The Teacher was wise, and he taught the people knowledge. He studied and contemplated and set in order many proverbs.
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\v 10 The Teacher sought to write using vivid, upright words of truth.
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\v 11 The words of wise people are like goads. Like nails driven deeply are the words of the masters in collections of their proverbs, which are taught by one shepherd.
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\v 12 My son, be aware of something more: the making of many books, which has no end. Much study brings weariness to the body.
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\v 13 The end of the matter,
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\q2 after everything has been heard,
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\q1 is that you must fear God and keep his commandments,
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\q2 for this is the whole duty of mankind.
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\q1
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\v 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,
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\q2 along with every hidden thing,
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\q1 whether it is good or evil.
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