Ecc 12:2 | CPDV | STEP | Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,

Ecclesiastes 12:2

2 Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, ^{▼▼12:2This verse refers to the three days of darkness and to the afflictions which precede it.(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼12:2 Before the sun, etc: That is, before old age: the effects of which upon all the senses and faculties are described in the following verses, under a variety of figures.(Challoner)}