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I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.
For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.
and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up– because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets–
Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
Evil Oppression on Earth So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.
I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock– both herds and flocks– than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.
I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.
Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.