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before the ^(c)sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;

in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men ^(d)stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and ^(e)those who look through ^[a]windows grow dim;

and the doors on the street are shut as the ^(f)sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the ^(g)daughters of song will ^[b]sing softly.

Furthermore, ^[c]men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal ^(h)home while ⁽ⁱ⁾mourners go about in the street.