V.1-6 Different things are compared. Notice the better things. Those who don’t face the serious side are called fools.
V.7-14 A patient spirit and carefulness should be seen in our life.
V.16-18 Man says moderation in all things is the best policy. This is not God’s wisdom, as we are seeing in this book of Ecclesiastes.
V.19-28 Right conclusions but nothing to give any hope. The “one man” of verse 28 would tell us of Christ, but even His righteous life cannot save a man, but only condemns him further. It is only through the death of Christ that a man gets what he needs, but that news is in the gospel of God’s revelation, not in what a man can observe on earth. In our “day of grace” a believer may have many more difficulties than an unbeliever, just as the Lord Jesus had.