But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

Work

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

For

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

General references

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.