Ecclesiastes 12:6-8

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶ before the silver cord is snapped,^[a] or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, ⁷ and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. ⁸ Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.