I The Teacher Was King Over IsraelI Devoted Myself To Study And ExploreBy Wisdom All That Is Done Under Heaven What A Heavy Burden God Has Laid On MenI Have Seen All The Things That Are DoneUnder The Sun, A Chasing After The WindWhat Is Twisted Can Not Be Straightened What Is Lacking Can Not Be CountedI Applied Myself To The Understanding Of Wisdom And Also Of Madness And FollyBut I Learned That This TooIs A Chasing After The WindWhat Is Twisted Can Not Be Straightened What Is Lacking Can Not Be CountedWith Much Wisdom Comes Much SorrowThe More Knowledge The More Grief I Denied Myself NothingMy Eyes Desired I Refused My Heart No PleasureMy Heart Took Delight In All My Work And This Was The Reward For All My LabourYet When I Surveyed All That My Hands Had DoneAnd What I Had Toiled To Achieve Everything Was A Chasing After The WindThe Fate Of The Fool Will Overtake MeWhat Then Do I Gain By Being Wise For The Wise Man Like The FoolWill Not Be Long Remembered In The Days To Come Both Will Be Forgotten Like The Fool, The Wise Man Too Must Die I The Teacher Was King Over IsraelI Devoted Myself To Study And Explore