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   <v n='1'><s n="2142">Remember</s> now <s n="*853"></s> thy <s n="1254">Creator</s> in the <s n="3117">days</s> of thy <s n="979">youth</s>, <s n="5704 834">while</s> the <s n="7451">evil</s> <s n="3117">days</s> <s n="935">come</s> <s n="3808">not</s>, nor the <s n="8141">years</s> draw <s n="5060">nigh</s>, <s n="834">when</s> thou shalt <s n="559">say</s>, I have <s n="369">no</s> <s n="2656">pleasure</s> in them; </v>
   <v n='2'><s n="5704 834">While</s> the <s n="8121">sun</s>, or the <s n="216">light</s>, or the <s n="3394">moon</s>, or the <s n="3556">stars</s>, be <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="2821">darkened</s>, nor the <s n="5645">clouds</s> <s n="7725">return</s> <s n="310">after</s> the <s n="1653">rain</s>: </v>
   <v n='3'>In the <s n="3117">day</s> when the <s n="8104">keepers</s> of the <s n="1004">house</s> shall <s n="7945 2111">tremble</s>, and the <s n="2428">strong</s> <s n="376">men</s> shall bow <s n="5791">themselves</s>, and the <s n="2912">grinders</s> <s n="988">cease</s> <s n="3588">because</s> they are <s n="4591">few</s>, and those that <s n="7200">look</s> out of the <s n="699">windows</s> be <s n="2821">darkened</s>, </v>
   <v n='4'>And the <s n="1817">doors</s> shall be <s n="5462">shut</s> in the <s n="7784">streets</s>, when the <s n="6963">sound</s> of the <s n="2913">grinding</s> is <s n="8213">low</s>, and he shall rise <s n="6965">up</s> at the <s n="6963">voice</s> of the <s n="6833">bird</s>, and <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="1323">daughters</s> of <s n="7892">music</s> shall be brought <s n="7817">low</s>; </v>
   <v n='5'><s n="1571">Also</s> when they shall be <s n="3372">afraid</s> of that which is <s n="4480 1364">high</s>, and <s n="2849">fears</s> shall be in the <s n="1870">way</s>, and the almond <s n="8247">tree</s> shall <s n="5006">flourish</s>, and the <s n="2284">grasshopper</s> shall be a <s n="5445">burden</s>, and <s n="35">desire</s> shall <s n="6565">fail</s>: <s n="3588">because</s> <s n="120">man</s> <s n="1980">goeth</s> <s n="413">to</s> his <s n="5769">long</s> <s n="1004">home</s>, and the <s n="5594">mourners</s> go <s n="5437">about</s> the <s n="7784">streets</s>: </v>
   <v n='6'><s n="5704">Or</s> <s n="834 3808">ever</s> the <s n="3701">silver</s> <s n="2256">cord</s> be <s n="7368">loosed</s>, or the <s n="2091">golden</s> <s n="1543">bowl</s> be <s n="7533">broken</s>, or the <s n="3537">pitcher</s> be <s n="7665">broken</s> <s n="5921">at</s> the <s n="4002">fountain</s>, or the <s n="1534">wheel</s> <s n="7533">broken</s> <s n="413">at</s> the <s n="953">cistern</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>Then shall the <s n="6083">dust</s> <s n="7725">return</s> <s n="5921">to</s> the <s n="776">earth</s> as it <s n="7945 1961">was</s>: and the <s n="7307">spirit</s> shall <s n="7725">return</s> <s n="413">unto</s> <s n="430">God</s> <s n="834">who</s> <s n="5414">gave</s> it. </v>
   <v n='8'><s n="1892">Vanity</s> of <s n="1892">vanities</s>, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="6953">preacher</s>; <s n="3605">all</s> is <s n="1892">vanity</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'>And <s n="3148">moreover</s>, because the <s n="6953">preacher</s> <s n="7945 1961">was</s> <s n="2450">wise</s>, he <s n="5750">still</s> <s n="3925">taught</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="5971">people</s> <s n="1847">knowledge</s>; yea, he gave good <s n="238">heed</s>, and sought <s n="2713">out</s>, and set in <s n="8626">order</s> <s n="7235">many</s> <s n="4912">proverbs</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'>The <s n="6953">preacher</s> <s n="1245">sought</s> to find <s n="4672">out</s> <s n="2656">acceptable</s> <s n="1697">words</s>: and that which was <s n="3789">written</s> was <s n="3476">upright</s>, even <s n="1697">words</s> of <s n="571">truth</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'>The <s n="1697">words</s> of the <s n="2450">wise</s> are as <s n="1861">goads</s>, and as <s n="4930">nails</s> <s n="5193">fastened</s> by the <s n="1167">masters</s> of <s n="627">assemblies</s>, which are <s n="5414">given</s> from one <s n="4480 7462 259">shepherd</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'>And <s n="3148">further</s>, by <s n="4480 1992">these</s>, my <s n="1121">son</s>, be <s n="2094">admonished</s>: of <s n="6213">making</s> <s n="7235">many</s> <s n="5612">books</s> there is <s n="369">no</s> <s n="7093">end</s>; and <s n="7235">much</s> <s n="3854">study</s> is a <s n="3024">weariness</s> of the <s n="1320">flesh</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'>Let us <s n="8085">hear</s> the <s n="5490">conclusion</s> of the <s n="3605">whole</s> <s n="1697">matter</s>: <s n="3372">Fear</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="430">God</s>, and <s n="8104">keep</s> his <s n="4687">commandments</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="2088">this</s> is the <s n="3605">whole</s> duty of <s n="120">man</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="430">God</s> shall <s n="935">bring</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">every</s> <s n="4639">work</s> into <s n="4941">judgment</s>, <s n="5921">with</s> <s n="3605">every</s> secret <s n="5956">thing</s>, <s n="518">whether</s> it be <s n="2896">good</s>, or <s n="518">whether</s> it be <s n="7451">evil</s>. </v>
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