Listen then to God's words of warning. The whole context shows this. At the close of life's short day. Then, when the hours of your probation shall be numbered and finished. Then, when your life work shall be over, you shall lie down in sorrow.
Sorrow naturally bows one down as under a grievous burden.
I have known persons so bowed down under sorrow that they could not rise up. I remember the case of a mother who reproached herself for neglecting two lost children. She was almost deranged. Whenever you should mention their case, she would look wild and haggard. I could not understand her appearance until she told me the circumstances.