1 Remember also your Creator in ^vthe days of your youth, before ^wthe evil days come and the years draw near of which ^xyou will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

6 before the silver cord is snapped, or ^hthe golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is ⁱshattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 7 and ^jthe dust returns to the earth as it was, and ^kthe spirit returns to God ^lwho gave it. 8 ^mVanity¹ of vanities, says ⁿthe Preacher; all is vanity.