⁸ But if a man lives many years
And ^(A)rejoices in them all,
Yet let him ^(B)remember the days of darkness,
For they will be many.
All that is coming is vanity.

^29 (A)Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their ^(B)latter end!

^2 (A)A day of darkness and gloominess,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.
^(B)A people come, great and strong,
^(C)The like of whom has never been;
Nor will there ever be any such after them,
Even for many successive generations.

^14 (A)In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider:
Surely God has appointed the one ^[a]as well as the other,
So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.

12 Remember^(A) now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the ^[a]difficult days come,
And the years draw near ^(B)when you say,
“I have no pleasure in them”:
² While the sun and the light,
The moon and the stars,
Are not darkened,
And the clouds do not return after the rain;
³ In the day when the keepers of the house tremble,
And the strong men bow down;
When the grinders cease because they are few,
And those that look through the windows grow dim;
⁴ When the doors are shut in the streets,
And the sound of grinding is low;
When one rises up at the sound of a bird,
And all ^(C)the daughters of music are brought low.
⁵ Also they are afraid of height,
And of terrors in the way;
When the almond tree blossoms,
The grasshopper is a burden,
And desire fails.
For man goes to ^(D)his eternal home,
And ^(E)the mourners go about the streets.

^16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes ^(B)darkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are ^(C)looking for light,
He turns it into ^(D)the shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.