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So what profit have the owners many years, so that the days of his years are
Except to see them with their eyes? many, but his soul is not satisfied with good-
ness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a
12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, 4
stillborn child is better than he— for it comes
Whether he eats little or much; in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name
But the abundance of the rich will not is covered with darkness. Though it has not
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permit him to sleep.
seen the sun or known anything, this has more
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13 There is a severe evil which I have rest than that man, even if he lives a thousand
seen under the sun: years twice—but has not seen goodness. Do
Riches kept for their owner to his hurt. not all go to one place?
14 But those riches perish through 7
misfortune; All the labor of man is for his mouth,
When he begets a son, there is nothing 8 And yet the soul is not satisfied.
For what more has the wise man than
in his hand.
15 As he came from his mother’s womb, the fool?
naked shall he return, What does the poor man have,
To go as he came; Who knows how to walk before the
living?
And he shall take nothing from his 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the
labor
Which he may carry away in his hand. wandering of desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the
16 And this also is a severe evil— wind.
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go. 10 Whatever one is, he has been named
And what profit has he who has already,
labored for the wind?
17 All his days he also eats in darkness, For it is known that he is man;
And he has much sorrow and sickness And he cannot contend with Him who
is mightier than he.
and anger.
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Since there are many things that
18 Here is what I have seen: It is good and fit- increase vanity,
ting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the How is man the better?
good of all his labor in which he toils under the 12 For who knows what is good for man in
sun all the days of his life which God gives life, all the days of his vain life which he pass-
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him; for it is his heritage. As for every man to es like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will
whom God has given riches and wealth, and happen after him under the sun?
given him power to eat of it, to receive his her-
itage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of Psalm 102:18–28
God. For he will not dwell unduly on the days 18 This will be written for the generation
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of his life, because God keeps him busy with to come,
the joy of his heart. That a people yet to be created may
There is an evil which I have seen under praise the LORD.
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6 the sun, and it is common among men: A 19 For He looked down from the height of
man to whom God has given riches and wealth His sanctuary;
and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself From heaven the LORD viewed the
of all he desires; yet God does not give him earth,
power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction. To release those appointed to death,
3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion,
And His praise in Jerusalem,
When the peoples are gathered together,
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And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
6:2 God does not give him power to eat.The
23 He weakened my strength in the way;
Lord gives and takes away for His own pur-
poses. So, the blessings of God cannot be He shortened my days.
24 I said, “O my God,
assumed or taken for granted.But they should
be enjoyed with thankfulness while they are Do not take me away in the midst of
available. my days;
Your years are throughout all
generations.
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