While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

Work

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.

For

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

General references

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.