“"For he will not much remember the days of his life," that is, he will not be much afflicted by cares that pertain to life, "because God occupies his heart with delights," not spiritual ones, concerning which in Song of Songs 7: "How beautiful you are and how graceful, dearest, in delights!" but carnal ones, concernin…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 5
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20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
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18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.