Ecclesiastes 12

1Also call to mind your Creator in the days of your youth, 2do this before the light of the sun and the moon and the stars grows dark, 3That will be the time when the palace guards will tremble, 4That will be the time when the doors are shut in the street, 5That will be the time when men become afraid of heights 6Call to mind your Creator 7before the dust returns to the earth where it came from, 8“A mist of vapor,” says the Teacher, “everything is vanishing vapor.” 9The Teacher was wise and he taught the people knowledge. He studied and contemplated and set in order many proverbs. 10The Teacher sought to write using vivid, upright words of truth. 11The 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. 12My son, be aware of something more: the making of many books, which has no end and much study brings weariness to the body. 13The end of the matter 14For God will bring every deed into judgment,