“For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.”
The final statement of chapter 5 affirms that God keeps the person preoccupied with the joy of their heart, without allowing them to dwell overmuch on the years of their life, consolidates the chapter's message about the gift of contentment. The divine activity of keeping human consciousness focused on present joy rather than on the totality of existence (with its implicit reminder of mortality) represents a form of grace. This verse suggests that happiness depends not on achieving the impossible but on accepting God's gift of present satisfaction.
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