Then he went into the wilderness one day's journey, and he went and sat under a certain broom tree. Then {he asked Yahweh that he might die}, and he said, "It is enough now, Yahweh; take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."

"Why does he give light to one in misery and life to [those] bitter of soul,

So my inner self will choose strangling-- death more than my {existence}.

"{O that} you would conceal me in Sheol, [that] you would hide me {until your wrath is past}, [that] you would appoint a set time for me and remember me.

Cursed be [the] day [on] which I was born, let not the day [on] which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.

And so then, Yahweh, please take my life from me, because [for] me death [is] better than life!"

But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.

Work

I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind.

I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice [there was] evil; instead of righteousness [there was] wickedness.

And [the] Spirit lifted me and took me, and I went [in] bitterness in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Yahweh [was] strong on me.

Why do you cause me to see evil [while] you look at trouble? Destruction and violence happen before me; contention and strife arise.

For

Yet when I considered all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, "Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!"

{Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind.

General references

"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"

So I deemed the dead who have already died more [fortunate] than the living who are still alive.

"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"