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12 Remember to serve God while you are young.
    He is the one who made you.
Your life will have many troubles in the future.
During those years, you will say,
    ‘I do not enjoy my life any more.’
When you are old, the light from the sun will not seem to be bright.
    You will not see the moon or the stars.
There will always be dark clouds after the rain.

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12 Remember(A) your Creator
    in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble(B) come
    and the years approach when you will say,
    “I find no pleasure in them”—
before the sun and the light
    and the moon and the stars grow dark,
    and the clouds return after the rain;

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