1. “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.”

2 “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.”

3 “There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God. For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.”

4 “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.”