Noyes - Ecclesiastes - 6

6:1  There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lieth heavy upon men;

6:2  a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, and nothing is wanting to him of all which he desireth, yet God giveth him not to taste thereof; but a stranger enjoyeth it. This is vanity, yea, a grievous evil.

6:3  Though a man have a hundred children, and live many years, and though the days of his years be many, if his soul be not satisfied with good, and he have no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better than he.

6:4  This, indeed, cometh in nothingness, and goeth down into darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

6:5  it hath not seen the sun, nor known it; yet hath it rest rather than the other.

6:6  Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and see no good, —do not all go to one place?

6:7  All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his desires are not satisfied.

6:8  For what advantage hath the wise man over the fool? What advantage hath the poor, who knoweth how to walk before the living?

6:9  Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

6:10  That which is was long ago called by name; and it was known that he is a man, and that he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.

6:11  Seeing there are many things which increase vanity, what advantage hath man [from them]?

6:12  For who knoweth what is good for man in life, in all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?