Verse I. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, 1 have no pleasure in them;

Learn the lessons of God in your youth, before you face the trials of life, and before you grow to old to get true pleasure out of life.

Verse 2. While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain.

While you are young enough to see the light of God in the day or night, before old age and the trails of light make you unable to see that light anymore.

Verse 3. In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.

When the hands shake, when men are no longer able to stand tall under the burden of the years, when men can no longer chew their food because their teeth have fallen out, and they can no longer see because old age has left them blind.

Verse 4. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and the daughters of music shall be brought low;

When your hearing goes bad and the sounds of life are shut out and the only things you can here are loud noises

Verse 5. Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streets:

When the body is feeble and man is afraid to get up because he might fall back down, the hair has all turned gray, the weight of his own body is a burden to lift, and the desire to live is gone. Then man goes to his grave and his friend go on about their lives.

Verse 6. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

No matter what you call it dead is d e a d.

Verse 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth a as it was; As it was; and the spirit shall return unto GOD who gave it.

The body shall return to the dust of the earth from wince it came and the spirit shall return back to GOD who gave it

Verse 8. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

Simply said vanity is useless in the eyes of GOD, because the truth is that man does nothing without the help of GOD.

Verse 9. And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

If the preacher is wise he will teach people the truth and straighten out all false popular sayings.

Verse 10. The preacher sought to find our acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

A preacher should seek out the truth and research it to make sure it is the truth before he Passes it on.

Verse 11. The words of the wise are as goals, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

The one shepherd is Jesus Christ and his teachings are the nails you should use to build your life on if your goal is to go to heaven.

Verse 12. And further, by these, my son, be admonished or making many books there is no end; and much study is awareness of the flesh.

Be weary of waiting books, because you could end up waiting books until you are old and tired. Finding out that you have let life pass you by.

Verse 13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Bottom line, try to live your life as Jesus Christ lived his.

Verse 14. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

When you die, you will be judged by every thought and action you made from the time of your birth, until the time of your death.

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