Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Here is an admonition both to old people and to young people, to think of dying, and get ready for it. Having by many excellent precepts taught us how to live well, the preacher comes now, towards the close of his discourse, to teach us how to die well and to put us in mind of our latter end. I.
Commenting on Ecclesiastes 11:7-10
Truly the light is sweet,.... Here begins a new subject, as most think; and some here begin the twelfth and last chapter, and not improperly. This is true of natural light, which is exceeding pleasant, useful, and beneficial; by which men discern objects, behold the things of nature with pleasure, walk in the way without stumbling, and do the work and business of life: and...
light--of life (Ecc 7:11; Psa 49:19). Life is enjoyable, especially to the godly.