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          DASV: Ecclesiastes 6

1 There is another misfortune I have seen under the sun,
and it weighs heavily on humanity:
2 God give a person riches, wealth and honor, so that he lacks
nothing that his heart desires, but God does not enable him
to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys it instead. This is
futility and a great misfortune.
3 If a man has a hundred children and lives many years, however
many the days his years are, if he does not enjoy life’s benefits,
and he has no decent burial; I conclude that a stillborn child
is better off than he is.
4 For though the stillborn entered in futility, and departed into
darkness, and its name was shrouded in darkness;
5 even though it had never seen the sun or known anything,
this one has rest rather than that unhappy man.
6 Even if he lives a thousand years twice over, yet does not
enjoy any good, do not all go to the same place?

7 All human toil is for the mouth,
     and yet the appetite is never satisfied.
8 For what advantage does the wise person have over the fool?
     What benefit is there for the poor,
          who know how to conduct themselves before the living?
9 Better to be content with what the eyes see,
     than the wandering of the desire for more.
          This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
10 Whatever has been, it was named long ago;
     and it was known what man is;
          neither can anyone argue with God about it
          for there is no one stronger than he is.
11 The more words, the more futility,
     How does it benefit anyone?
12 For who knows what is good for a person while he lives all
the days of his brief life. He passes by like a shadow.
For who can tell someone what will happen after him
under the sun?

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