“Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.”
The reason that such a person does not much remember the days of their life through the sadness that might otherwise accompany existence is that their mind is occupied with joy and satisfaction. The implication is that those who pursue infinite accumulation remember their lives with sadness, preoccupied with anxiety about loss; yet the contented person, occupied with present goods and gratitude, experiences forgetfulness of life's sorrows. This verse suggests that psychological peace depends less on the amount one possesses than on whether one achieves contentment.
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