Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

9People work very hard, but what do they receive in return?

10I have seen the difficult work that God has given people to do. He has caused them to be very busy.

11God has chosen a good time for all things to happen. He has caused people to think about things that will continue for ever. But nobody can completely understand everything that God has done, from the beginning of their lives to the end.

12So I realized that people should be happy. They should enjoy good things as long as they live. There is nothing better for people to do than that.

13People should be happy to eat and to drink. They should enjoy the work that they do. All these things are gifts from God.

14I know that everything that God does continues for ever. Nobody can add anything to it. Nobody can take anything away from it. God does these things so that people will respect his authority.

15Whatever is happening now has happened before. Everything that will happen in the future has already happened. God causes the same things to happen again and again.