18 Look! – at
what I saw myself was good:
that it is beautiful (for someone)
to eat and drink
and to see good
in all their labour –
(as they labour under the Sun,)
– for the number of days
that He has given them,
because that is their share.
19Also, each person to whom God gives wealth and possessions
and whom he empowers to eat some of them,
to take up their share
and to rejoice in their labour – this is God’s gift.
20Because they will not remember (much) the days of their life,
since God busies them with the joy of their heart.
Eternal God and Fatther,
you create us by your power,
and redeem us by your love,
guide and strengthen us by your Spirit,
that we may give ourselves in love and service
to one another and to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.