I looked on all the works, &c. I made a serious review of my former works and labours, and considered whether I had obtained that satisfaction in them which I had expected to find; and behold, all was vanity I found myself disappointed, and wholly dissatisfied in this course. And there was no profit, &c. The pleasure was past, and I was never the better for it, but as empty as before.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.