¹² I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.

²² So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work,^(A) because that is their lot.^(B) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

¹⁸ This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink^(A) and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor^(B) under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

¹⁹ Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions,^(A) and the ability to enjoy them,^(B) to accept their lot^(C) and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.^(D)