Ecclesiastes 11:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Rejoice, &c. This is an ironical concession, like many which occur in the Scriptures, (see 1Ki 18:27; 1 Kings 22:15; Ezekiel 28:3-4; Matthew 26:45,) and in other authors: O young man, in thy youth He speaks to young men particularly, because they have both the greatest ability and the strongest inclination to pursue sensual pleasure, and are most impatient, either of restraint or admonition, Let thy heart cheer thee, &c. Indulge thy humour. and take thy fill of delights. And walk in the way of thy heart, &c. Whatsoever thine eye or heart lusteth after, deny it not to them. But know thou But in the midst of thy feasting, jollity, and mirth, consider thy reckoning, and whether thou dost not purchase thy delights at too high a price: that for all these things For all thy sinful lusts and follies; God will bring thee to judgment Will force thee to appear before his judgment-seat, to account for all thy forgetfulness of him, and neglect of his service, thy misemployment of thy time and talents, and of all the gifts of his providence and grace, and for all thy carnal mirth, sensual pleasures, and the extravagances and exorbitances of thy youthful days, as well as of thy riper years.