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The book of Ecclesiastes, also known as the Preacher, offers powerful insights from a Catholic perspective. Written by King Solomon, the son of David, this book delves into the deep questions and reflections of life's meaning and purpose. It challenges us to ponder the fleeting nature of human existence and the ultimate pursuit of wisdom that leads to lasting fulfillment.
With a poetic and philosophical approach, Ecclesiastes examines the emptiness of earthly pursuits. It laments that everything under the sun is vanity, merely a chasing after the wind. It reminds us that wealth, pleasure, and fame do not bring true satisfaction. Instead, the book directs our attention toward a deeper understanding of God's plan and the everlasting joy found in a life lived in His presence.
In the midst of life's uncertainties and the inevitability of death, Ecclesiastes encourages us to find contentment in God's gifts. It teaches us to enjoy the simple pleasures of life, such as eating, drinking, and working, as blessings from the hand of God. It reminds us that true joy is found in gratitude and the awareness of God's providence.
Furthermore, Ecclesiastes highlights the importance of righteousness and moral living. It encourages us to fear God and keep His commandments, knowing that ultimately, God will judge every action and motive. It reminds us that the pursuit of wisdom and the fear of the Lord is the key to a meaningful and upright life.
In a world filled with uncertainties, the book of Ecclesiastes reminds us of the ultimate hope we have in God. It points to the purpose beyond this present life, emphasizing that we are created for eternity. It encourages us to live in light of this eternal perspective, knowing that God will make all things beautiful in His time.
In summary, the book of Ecclesiastes offers us profound reflections on the meaning of life. It calls us to find our true purpose in God and His eternal plans. With its emphasis on wisdom, righteousness, and gratitude, this book provides valuable guidance for living a fulfilled and meaningful life in the Catholic faith.
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Ecclesiastes chapter 1 composition of coth son of David King in Jerusalem
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sheer futility cooh helth says sheer futility everything is feudal what
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profit can we show for all our toil toiling under the sun a generation goes
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a generation comes yet the Earth stands firm forever the sun rises the sun sets
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then to its place it speeds and there it rises Southward goes the wind then turns
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to the north it turns and turns again then back to its circling goes the wind
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into the sea go all the rivers and yet the sea is never filled and still to
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their goal the rivers go all things are weome no one can say that eyes have not had
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enough of seeing ears they're fill of hearing what was will be again what has
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been done will be done again and there is nothing new Under the Sun take
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anything which people Acclaim as being new it existed in the centuries preceding us no Memory Remains of the
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past and so it will be for the centuries to come they will not be remembered by
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their successors I coh have reigned over Israel in Jerusalem
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wisely I have applied myself to investigation and exploration of everything that happens under Heaven
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what a wearisome task God has given Humanity to keep us busy I have seen
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everything that is done under the sun how feudal it all is mere chasing after
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the wind what is Twisted cannot be straightened what is not there cannot be
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counted I thought to myself I have acquired a greater stock of wisdom than
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anyone before me in Jerusalem I myself have mastered every kind of wisdom and
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science I've applied myself to understanding philosophy and science stupidity and Folly and I now realize
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that all this too is chasing after the wind much wisdom much grief the more
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knowledge the more
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sorrow Ecclesiastes chapter to I thought to myself very well I will try pleasure and
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see what enjoyment has to offer and this was feudal too this laughter I reflected
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is a Madness this pleasure no use at all I decided to hand my body over to
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drinking wine my mind still guiding me in wisdom I resolved to embrace Folly to
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discover the best way for people to spend their days Under the Sun I worked on a grand scale Built My myself palaces
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planted Vineyards made myself Gardens and Orchards planting every kind of fruit tree in them had pools made for
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watering the young trees of my plantations I bought slaves male and female had homeborn slaves as well herds
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and flocks I had too more than anyone in Jerusalem before me I amassed silver and
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gold the treasures of kings and provinces acquired singers men and women
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and every human luxury chest upon chest of it so I grew great
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greater than anyone in Jerusalem before me nor did my wisdom leave me I denied
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my eyes nothing that they desired refused my heart no pleasure for I found
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all my hard work of pleasure such was the return for all my efforts I then
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reflected on all that my hands had achieved and all the effort I had put into its achieving what futility it all
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was what chasing after the wind there is nothing to be gained Under the Sun my
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Reflections then turn to wisdom stupidity and Folly for instance what
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can the successor of a king do what has been done already more is to be gained
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from wisdom than from Folly just as one gains more from light than from Darkness
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this of course I see the wise have their eyes open the fool walks in the dark no
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doubt but I know too that one fate awaits them both since the Fool's fate I
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thought to myself will be my fate too what is the point of my having been wise
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I realize that this too is feudal for there is no lasting memory for the wise or the fool and in the days to come both
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will be forgotten the wise no less than the fool Must Die life I have come to
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hate for what is done under the sun disgusts me since all is futility and
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chasing after the wind all all I have toiled for Under the Sun and now bequeathed to my successor I have come
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to hate who knows whether he will be wise or a fool yet he will be master of
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all the work into which I have put my efforts and wisdom Under the Sun that is feudal too I have come to despair of all
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the efforts I have expended Under the Sun for here is one who has labored wisely skillfully and successfully and
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must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all this is feudal too and grossly unjust for what
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does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone Under the Sun since his days are full of Sorrow his
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work is full of stress and even at night he has no peace of mind this is feudal too there is no happiness except in
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eating and drinking and in enjoying one's achievements and I see that this too comes from God's hand for who would
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get anything to eat or drink unless all this came from him wisdom knowledge and
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joy God gives to those who please him but on the cner he lays the task of
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gathering and storing up for someone else who is pleasing to him this too is futility and chasing after the
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wind Ecclesiastes chapter 3 there is a season
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for everything a time for every occupation under Heaven a time for giving birth a time for dying a time for
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planting a Time for uprooting what has been planted a time for killing a time
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for healing a time for knocking down a time for building a time for Tears a
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time for laughter a time for mourning a time for dancing a time for throwing
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stones away a time for Gathering them a time for embracing a time to refrain
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from embracing a time for searching a time for losing a time for keeping a
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time for discarding a Time for tearing a time for sewing a time for keeping
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silent a time for speaking a time for loving a time for hating a time for war
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a Time For Peace what do people gain from the efforts they make I contemplate
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the task that God gives Humanity to labor at all that he does is apt for its
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time but although he has given us an awareness of the passage of time we can grasp neither the beginning nor the end
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of what God does I know there is no happiness for a human being except in pleasure and enjoyment through life and
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when we eat and drink and find happiness in all our achievements this is a gift from God I know that whatever God does
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will be forever to this there is nothing to add from this there is nothing to
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subtract and the way God acts inspires dread what is has been already what will
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be is already God seeks out anyone who is persecuted
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again I observe Under the Sun crime is where Justice should be the criminal is
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where the upright should be and I think to myself the upright and the criminal will both be judged by God since there
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is a time for everything and every action here I think to myself where human beings are concerned this is so
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that God can test them and show them that they are animals for the fate of human and the fate of animal is the same
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as the one dies so the other dies both have the self-same breath human is
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in no way better off than animal since all is feudal everything goes to the
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same place everything comes from the dust everything returns to the dust who
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knows if the human Spirit mounts upward or if the animal spirit goes downward to the earth I see there is no contentment
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for human being except happiness and achievement such as the lot of a human beings no one can tell us what will
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happen after we are
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gone Ecclesiastes chapter 4 then again I
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contemplate all the oppression that is committed Under the Sun take for instance the tears of the oppressed no
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one to comfort them the power their oppressors wield no one to comfort them
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so rather than the living who still have lives to live I congratulate the Dead who have already met death happier than
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both of these are those who are yet unborn and have not seen the evil things that are done under the sun I see that
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all effort and all achievement spring from Mutual jealousy this too is futility and chasing after the wind the
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fool folds his arms and eats his own flesh away better one hand full of
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repose than two hands full of achievements to chase after the wind and something else feudal I observe Under
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the Sun a person is quite alone no child no brother and yet there is no end to
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his efforts his eyes can never have their fill of riches for whom then do I
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work so hard and Grudge myself pleasure this too is feudal a sorry business
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better too than one alone since thus their work is really rewarding if one
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should fall the other helps him up but what of the person with no one to help him up when he falls again if two sleep
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together they keep warm but how can anyone keep warm alone where one alone
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would be overcome two will put up resistance and a three-fold cord is not
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quickly broken better a youngster poor and wise than a monarch old and silly who will no longer take advice even
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though stepping from prison to the throne even though born a beggar in that Kingdom I observe that all who live and
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move under the sun support the young newcomer who takes over he takes his
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place at the head of innumerable subjects but his successors will not think the more kindly of him for that
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this too is feudal and chasing after the Wind Watch Your Step when you go to the house of God Drawing Near to listen is
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better than the offering of a Sacrifice by fools though they do not know that they are doing
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[Music] wrong Ecclesiastes chapter 5 be in no hurry to
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speak do not hastily declare yourself before God for God is in heaven you on
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Earth be sparing then of speech from too much worrying comes illusion from too
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much talking the accents of folly if you make a vow to God discharge it without
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delay for God has no love for fools discharge your vow better a vow unmade
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than made and not discharged do not allow your mouth to make make a sinner of you and do not say to the messenger
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that it was a mistake why give God occasion to be angry with you and ruin all the work that you have done from too
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many Illusions come futility and too much talk therefore fear God if in a
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province you see the poor oppressed Fair judgment and Justice violated do not be
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surprised for over every official there watch is a higher official and over these higher officials still but what
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the land yields is for the benefit of all a king is served by the fields no
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one who loves money ever has enough no one who loves luxury has any income this
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too is feudal where Goods abound parasites abound where is the owner's
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profit apart from feasting his eyes the Laborer's sleep is sweet whether he has
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eaten little or much but the surfit of the rich will not let him sleep at all
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something grossly unjust I Reserve Under the Sun riches stored and turning to
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loss for their owner an unlucky Venture and those riches are lost a son is born
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to him and he has nothing to leave him naked from his mother's womb he came as
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naked as he came will he depart not one of his achievements can he take with him
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and something else grossly unjust that as he came so must he go what profit can
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he show after toiling to earn the wind as he spends the rest of his days in darkness mourning many Sorrows sickness
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and exasperation so my conclusion is this true happiness lies in eating and
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drinking and enjoying whatever has been achieved Under the Sun throughout the life given by God for this is the lot of
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humanity and whenever God gives someone riches and property with the ability to
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enjoy them and to find contentment in work this is a gift from God for such a
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person will hardly notice the passing of time so long as God keeps his heart occupied with
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joy Ecclesiastes chapter 6 I see another
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Evil Under the Sun which goes hard with people suppose someone has received from
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God riches property honors nothing at all left to wish for but God does not
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give the chance to enjoy them and some stranger enjoys them this is feudal and
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grief is suffering too or take someone who has had a 100 children and lived for many years and having reached old age
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has never enjoyed the good things of life and has not even got a tomb it seems to me a stillborn child is happier
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in futility it came into darkness it departs and in darkness will its name be
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buried it is never so much as seen or known the sun all the same it will rest
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more easily than that person who would never have known the good thing things of life even by living a thousand years
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twice over do we not all go to the same place in the end all toil is for the
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mouth yet the appetite is Never Satisfied what advantage has the wise
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over the fool and what of the popper who knows how to behave in society better
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the object seen than the sting of desire for the latter two is feudal and chasing
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after the wind what has been is already defined we know what people are they
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cannot bring to Justice one who is stronger than themselves the more we say the more feudal it is what good can we
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derive from it and who knows what is best for someone during life during the days of feudal life which are spent like
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a shadow who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the
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sun Ecclesiastes chapter 7 better a good
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name than costly oil the day of death than the day of birth better go to the
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house of mourning than to the house of feasting for to this end everyone comes
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let the living take this to Heart better sadness than laughter a joyful heart may
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be concealed behind sad looks the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning
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the heart of fools in the house of gayy better attend to the reprimand of the wise than listen to a song sung by a
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fool for like the crackling of thorns Under The Cauldron is the laughter of Fools and that too is feudal but being
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op pressed drives a sage mad and a present corrupts the heart better the
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end of a matter than its beginning better patience than ambition do not be
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too easily exasperated for exasperation dwells in the heart of fools do not ask
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why the past was better than the present for this is not a question prompted by wisdom
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wisdom is as good as a legacy profitable to those who enjoy the light of the Sun
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for as money protects so does wisdom and the advantage of knowledge is this that
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wisdom bestows life on those who possess her consider God's creation who for instance can straighten
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what God has bent when things are going well enjoy yourself and when they are going badly consider this God has
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designed the one no less than the other so that we should take nothing for granted in my feudal life I have seen
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everything the upright person perishing in uprightness and the wicked person surviving in wickedness do not be
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upright to excess and do not make yourself unduly wise why should you destroy yourself do not be Wicked to
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excess and do not be a fool why die before your time it is wise to hold on
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to one and not let go of the other since the God-fearing will find both
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wisdom makes the wise stronger than a dozen governors in a city no one on earth is sufficiently upright to do good
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without ever sinning again do not listen to all that people say then you will not
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hear your servant abusing you for often as you very well know you have abused
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others thanks to wisdom I have found all this to be true I resolved to be wise
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but this was beyond my reach the past is out of of reach buried deep who can
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Discover it but I have reached the point where having leared explored and investigated wisdom and reflection I
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recognize evil as being a form of Madness and Folly is something stupid and I find woman more bitter than death
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she is a snare her heart is a net and her arms are chains the man who is
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pleasing to God eludes her but the sinner is captured by her this is what I
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think says coela having examined one thing after another to draw some conclusion which I am still
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looking for although unsuccessfully one man in a thousand I
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may find but a woman better than other women never this alone is my conclusion
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God has created man straightforward and human artifices are human
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inventions Ecclesiastes chapter 8 who Compares with
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the sage who else knows how to explain things wisdom lights up the face in
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livening a grim expression obey the King's Command and because of the Divine promise be in no hurry to depart from it
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do not be obstinate in a bad cause since the king will do as he likes in any case
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since the word of a king is Sovereign what is the point of saying why do that
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one who obeys the command will come to no harm the the heart of the sage knows the right moment and verdict for there
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is a right moment and verdict for everything but Misfortune lies heavy upon anyone who does not know what the
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outcome will be no one is going to say how things will turn out no one can control the wind and stop it from
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blowing no one can control the day of Death From War There Is No Escape no
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more can wickedness save the person who commits it I've seen all this to be so
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having carefully studied everything taking place under the sun while one person tyranus is over another
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to the former's detriment and again I've observed the wicked carried to their graves and people leaving the holy place
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and once out in the city forgetting how the wicked used to behave how feudal
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this is too because the sentence on the evildoer is not carried out on the instant people's hearts are full of
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desire to do wrong The Sinner who does wrong a hundred times lives on but this
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to I know that there is good in store for people who fear God because they fear him but there is no good in store
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for the wicked because he does not fear God and so like a shadow he will not prolong his days another feudal thing
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that happens on Earth upright people being treated as though they were Wicked and wicked people being treated as
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though they were upright to me this is one more example of futility and
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therefore I praise joy since human happiness lies only in eating and drinking and in taking pleasure this
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comes from what someone achieves during the days of life that God gives Unto the Sun having applied myself to acquiring
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wisdom and to observing the activity taking place in the world for day and night our eyes enjoy no rest I have
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scrutinized God's whole creation you cannot get to the Bottom of Everything taking place under the sun you may wear
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yourself out in the search but you will never find it not even a sage can get to the bottom of it even if he says that he
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has done so [Music]
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Ecclesiastes chapter 9 yes I have applied myself to all this and experienced all this to be so that is to
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say that the upright and the wise with their activities are in the hands of God
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we do not understand either love or hate where we are concerned both of them are
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feudal and for all of us is reserved a common fate for the upright and for the wicked for the food and for the bad
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whether we are ritually pure or not whether we offer sacrifice or not it is the same for the good and for the sinner
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for someone who takes a vow as for someone who fears to do so feudal and
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for all of us is reserved a common fate for the upright and for the wicked for the good and for the bad whether we are
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ritually pure or not whether we offer sacrifice or not it is the same for the
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good and for the sinner for someone who takes a vow as for some someone who fears to do so this is another evil
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among those occurring Under the Sun that there should be the same fate for everyone the human heart however is full
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of wickedness Folly lurks in our hearts throughout our lives until we end among
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the dead but there is hope for someone still linked to the rest of the living better be a live dog than a dead Lion
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The Living are at least aware that they are going to die but the dead know nothing whatever no more way is for them
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since their memory is forgotten their love their hate their jealousy have
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perished long since and they will never have any further part in what goes on Under the Sun so eat your bread and joy
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drink your wine with a glad heart since God has already approved your actions at
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all times dress in white and keep your head well scented spend your life with a
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woman you love all the days of feudal life God gives you under the sun throughout your feudal days since this
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is your lot in life and in the effort you expend Under the Sun whatever work you find to do do it with all your might
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for there is neither achievement nor planning nor science nor wisdom in shol
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where you are going another thing I have observed Under the Sun that the race is not won by the speediest nor the battle
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by the Champions it is not the wise who get food nor the intelligent wealth nor
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the Learned favor chance and mischance befall them all we do not know when our
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time will come like fish caught in the treacherous net like birds caught in the snare just so are we all trapped by
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Misfortune when it suddenly overtakes us here is another example of the wisdom I have acquired Under the Sun and it
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strikes me as important there was once a small town with only a few inhabitants a
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mighty king made war on it laying Siege to it and building great Siege Works around it but there was in that town a
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poverty-stricken sage who by his wisdom saved the town no one remembered this
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poor man afterwards so I say wisdom is more effective than Brute Force but the
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wisdom of a poor man is not valued no one listens to what he has to say the
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calm words of the wise make themselves heard above the shouts of someone commanding an army of fools wisdom is
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worth more than weapons of war but a single sin undoes a deal of good
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Ecclesiastes chapter 10 one dead fly can spoil the scent Maker's oil a grain of
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stupidity outweighs wisdom and Glory the Sage's heart leads him a right the fools
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leads him astray a fool walks down the road he has no wit and everyone remarks
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how silly he is if the anger of the ruler Rises against you do not leave
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leave your post composure mitigates grave offenses one evil I observe Under
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the Sun the sort of misjudgment to which rulers are prone Folly promoted to the
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top and the rich taking the lowest place I see slaves riding on horses and
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princes on foot like slaves he who digs a pit falls into it he who undermines a
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wall gets bitten by a snake he who quaries Stones gets hurt by them he who chops would takes a risk from it if for
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one of Shar happening the blade is blunt you have to work twice as hard but it is
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the outcome that makes wisdom rewarding if for want of charming the snake bites
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the Snake Charmer gets nothing out of it the sayings of a sage give pleasure what
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a fool says procures his own ruin his words have their origin in stupidity and
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their ending in treacherous Folly a fool talks a great deal but none of us in
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fact can tell the future what will happen after us who can tell a fool
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finds hard work very tiring he cannot even find his own way into town woe to
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You country with a lad for King and where princes start feasting in the morning happy the land whose king is
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nobly born where princes eat at a respectable hour to keep themselves strong and not merely to Revel thanks to
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idleness the roof tree gives way thanks to carelessness the house lets in the
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rain we give parties to enjoy ourselves wine makes us cheerful and money has an
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answer for everything do not abuse the king even in thought do not abuse a rich
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man even in your bedroom for a bird of the air might carry the news a winged
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messenger might repeat what you have
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said Ecclesiastes chap 11 cast your bread on
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the water eventually you will recover it offer a share to seven or to eight
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people you can never tell what disaster may occur when clouds are full of rain
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they will shed it on the earth if a tree falls whether south or north where it
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falls there it will lie keep watching the wind and you will never sew keep
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staring at the clouds and you will never reap you do not understand how the wind blows or how the embryo grows in a
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woman's womb no more can you understand the work of God the creator of all in
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the morning so your seed until evening do not cease from labor for of any two
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things you do not know which will succeed or which of the two is the better how sweet light is how delightful
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it is to see the sun however many years you live enjoy them all but remember the
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days of darkness will be many futility awaits you at the end young man enjoy
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yourself while you are young make the most of the days of your youth follow the prompting and desire of heart and ie
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but remember God will call you to account for everything rid your heart of indignation keep your body clear of
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suffering though Youth and the age of black hair are both
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feudal Ecclesiastes chapter 12 remember your
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creator while you are still young before the bad days come before the years come which you will say
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give you no pleasure before the sun and the light grow dim and the moon and stars before the clouds return after the
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rain the time when your Watchmen become shaky when strong men are bent double
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when the women one by one quit grinding and as they look out of the window find
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their sight growing Dim when the street door is kept shut when the sound of grinding Fades away when the first Cry
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of a bird wakes you up when all the singing has stopped when going uphill is an ordeal and you are frightened at
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every step you take yet the almond tree is in flower and the grasshopper is weighed down and the Caper Bush loses
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its Tang while you are on the way to your Everlasting home and the MERS are assembling in the street before the
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Silver Thread snaps or the Golden Bowl is cracked or the pitcher shattered at
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the fountain or the pulley broken at the well head the dust returns to the Earth from which it came and the spirit
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returns to God who gave it sheer futility kith says everything is feudal
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besides being a sage kith taught the people what he himself knew having
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weighed studied and amended many Proverbs coith took pains to write in an
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attractive style and buy it to convey truths the sayings of a sage are like
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gos like pegs positioned by Shepherds the same Shepherd finds a use for both
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furthermore my child you must realize that right books involves endless hard work and that much study wearies the
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body to sum up the whole matter fear God and keep his Commandments for that is
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the duty of everyone for God will call all our Deeds to judgment all that is
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hidden be it good or bad [Music]