9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the task that God has given mankind to be occupied with. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, yet man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good during their lives, 13 and that everyone should eat and drink and find enjoyment in all his toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that whatever God does will endure forever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it. God has done this so that people may fear before him. 15 What is has already been, and what will be has already been; God seeks what has been driven away. 16 I also saw under the sun: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, there was wickedness. 17 I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time there for every matter and every deed.” 18 I said in my heart concerning mankind, “God tests them so that they may see that they themselves are animals.” 19 For the fate of mankind and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place; all came from dust, and all return to dust. 21 Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and whether the spirit of the animal goes downward to the earth? 22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to rejoice in his work, for that is his portion. For who can bring him to see what will be after him?