1I said to myself, “Come now, I will…
2I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and…
3I sought to cheer my body with wine…
4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and…
5I made gardens and parks for myself, where…
6I built reservoirs to water my groves of…
7I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were…
8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold…
9So I became great and surpassed all in…
10Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny…
11Yet when I considered all the works that…
12Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness…
13And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just…
14The wise man has eyes in his head,…
15So I said to myself, “The fate of…
16For there is no lasting remembrance of the…
17So I hated life, because the work that…
18I hated all for which I had toiled…
19And who knows whether that man will be…
20So my heart began to despair over all…
21When there is a man who has labored…
22For what does a man get for all…
23Indeed, all his days are filled with grief,…
24Nothing is better for a man than to…
25For apart from Him, who can eat and…
26To the man who is pleasing in His…
