12 Remember your Creator when you are young,
    before the days of trouble come
        and the years catch up with you.
            They will make you say,
                “I have found no pleasure in them.”
² Remember your Creator before the sun, the light, the moon,
    and the stars turn dark, and the clouds come back with rain.
³ Remember your Creator when those who guard the house tremble,
    strong men are stooped over,
        the women at the mill stop grinding
            because there are so few of them,
                and those who look out of the windows
                    see a dim light.