Ecclesiastes 12:1-3

Modern English Version

12 Remember your Creator
    in the days of your youth,
before the difficult days come
    and the years arrive when you say,
    “I have no pleasure in them”:
² before the sun, light,
    moon, and stars are darkened,
    and the clouds leave after the rain;
³ in the day when those watching the house tremble,
    and the strong men are bent over;
when the grinders cease because they are few,
    and those looking through the windows have dimmed eyes;