1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; ^senjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity.¹ 2 I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?” 3 I searched with my heart how to ^tcheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on ^ufolly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the ^vfew days of their life.