Morris.] ^22 [Oct. 5, 



18 And indeed every man to whom God gives wealth and possessions. 

 And has permitted him to eat of it, 



And to take his portion, and to rejoice in his laboi". 

 This is the gift of God. 



19 For he shall not remember the days of his life : 

 For God shall scatter him in the joy of his heart. 



SOLOMON. 



6 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, 

 And it is great among men. 



2 A man to whom God shall give wealth, possessions and honor, 

 And there lacks nothing whicli his soul may desire : 



And God permitteth him not to eat of it. 



But a stranger eats it. 



This is perplexity, and an evil disease. 



EGYPTIAN. 



3 If a man shall beget a hundred (children) 

 And shall live many years, 



And the days of his years be abundant, 

 Yet his soul shall not be filled with good, 

 And even he had no burial — 

 The untimely-boru is better than he. 



4 For into perplexity it came, 

 And into darkness it goes : 



And in darkness its name shall be hidden. 



5 For indeed it saw not the sun : 

 And he knew not rest : 



(The advantage is) to this over that, 



6 Though he lived the courses of a thousand years 

 And knew not good — 



Do not all go to one place? 



SOLOMON. 



7 All the labor of man is for his mouth : 

 And yet his soul shall not be satisfied. 



8 Because there is advantage to the wise man over the fool, 

 Therefore the poor man knows how to wallc in presence of life. 



9 Better is the sight of the eyes, than the longing in the soul. 

 This also is perplexity, and grasping of wind. 



ASSYRIAN. 



10 If anything has already been its name has been called : 

 And it is known what is man, 



And he shall not be able to contend with the Stronger than he. 



11 For there are many words which multiply perplexity. 



