There is no joy or satisfaction in life, it is true - apart from God.

Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?

I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
14 The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.

For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!

For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.

A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God.

Wisdom is far better than folly, but in the end, death makes fools of us all. The things we work for must be left behind for others to enjoy. This is the futility of life under the sun.

Here the tone begins to change. The new factor is the mention of God. There is no joy or satisfaction in life, it is true - apart from God.

Why?

Fate decides the result of all wisdom and the fools.  For all human beings are limited by life.

A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This is good for all of us. Our toil has feedback to our life. Even someone's toil are meaningless.

To a person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness. This is the best in our life.

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神的意思是要享受勞苦的成果。強如是確認的合意。

神把地交給人管理，享受地的出產。

誰是那虛空的承受者，就是罪人。罪人以外的人才能享受神的恩惠，不再虛空。

神所喜悅的就是罪人以外的人。所羅門所說的智慧是虛空的智慧不是真智慧。人眼光有偏差，所以需要神來校正，讓神的證話語使我們看清楚。

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How?

There is no joy or satisfaction in life, it is true - apart from God.