So we should be able to enjoy life.

In this world, all our days our work is pain and grief (Eccle. 2:23).

We can do nothing better than

To eat and drink and find satisfaction in our work (v. 24; 3:13, 22; 5:18; 8:15),

And to be happy and do good while we live (3:12).

This is our lot (v. 22; 5:18), is from the hand of God (2:24) and the gift of God (3:13).

So we should be able to enjoy life (8:15).

“Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love,

All the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—

All your meaningless days.

For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun” (9:9).