1. I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
2. I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
3. I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
4. I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
5. I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;