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Advice to the Young: Life is Short and Then You Die

12 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth—
    before the days of trouble come
and the years draw near when you will say,
    “I find no pleasure in them!”
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars darken
    and the clouds return after the rain.
When the guards of the house tremble,
    and the men of strength are bent;
the grinders cease because they are few,
    and those looking through the windows see dimly.

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