What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good?
Life spent in happiness is the desire of all, and he who can give the young a receipt for leading a happy life deserves to be popular among them. Mere existence is not life; the art of living, truly, really, and joyfully living, it is not given to all men to know. To teach men how to live and how to die, is the aim of all useful religious instruction.
What man is he that desireth life?.... Every man desires life, even a natural life; it is more desirable than all things in it; especially an healthful life, without which the blessings and mercies of life cannot be comfortably enjoyed; and still more a life of prosperity; life, with an affluence of good things, and even a long one: though it may be rather that...
What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good? (i) Seeing all men naturally desire happiness, he wonders why they cast themselves willingly into misery.