Ecclesiastes Lyrics - Material Sanctuary - Veni Domine

I The Teacher Was King Over Israel 

I Devoted Myself To Study And Explore 

By Wisdom All That Is Done Under Heaven 

What A Heavy Burden God Has Laid On Men 

I Have Seen All The Things That Are Done 

Under The Sun, A Chasing After The Wind 

What Is Twisted Can Not Be Straightened 

What Is Lacking Can Not Be Counted 

I Applied Myself To The Understanding 

Of Wisdom And Also Of Madness And Folly 

But I Learned That This Too 

Is A Chasing After The Wind 

What Is Twisted Can Not Be Straightened 

What Is Lacking Can Not Be Counted 

With Much Wisdom Comes Much Sorrow 

The More Knowledge The More Grief 

I Denied Myself Nothing 

My Eyes Desired 

I Refused My Heart No Pleasure 

My Heart Took Delight In All My Work 

And This Was The Reward For All My Labour 

Yet When I Surveyed All That My Hands Had Done 

And What I Had Toiled To Achieve 

Everything Was A Chasing After The Wind 

The Fate Of The Fool Will Overtake Me 

What Then Do I Gain By Being Wise 

For The Wise Man Like The Fool 

Will Not Be Long Remembered 

In The Days To Come Both Will Be Forgotten 

Like The Fool, The Wise Man Too Must Die 

I The Teacher Was King Over Israel 

I Devoted Myself To Study And Explore