Ecclesiastes 12:5-7

Tree of Life Version

⁵ when they also are afraid of heights
    and of dangers on the road,
when the almond tree blossoms,
    the grasshopper drags itself along,
    and the caper berry fails to excite—
for a man is going to his eternal home,
    and mourners go about in the street—
⁶ before the silver cord is snapped,
    or the golden bowl is crushed,
    or the jug at the cistern is shattered,
or the wheel at the well is broken.
⁷ Then the dust returns to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.