Enjoy Your Years

Light is sweet,

and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

8 

So if a man lives many years,

let him rejoice in them all.

But let him remember the days of darkness,

for they will be many.

Everything to come is futile.

9 

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young,

and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.

Walk in the ways of your heart

and in the sight of your eyes,

but know that for all these [things]

God will bring you to judgment.

10 

So banish sorrow from your heart,

and cast off pain from your body,

for youth and vigor are fleeting.[fn] 12