In the day of prosperity be joyful,
but in the day of adversity consider:
God also hath set the one over against the other,
------Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future. NIV
------so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. ESV
Ecclesiastes 7:14
"Observe,
(1.) How the appointments and events of Providence are
counter changed. In this world, at the same time, some are in prosperity,
others are in adversity; the same persons at one time are in great
prosperity, at another time in great adversity;
Day and night, summer and winter, are set the one over against the other, that in prosperity we may rejoice as though we rejoiced not, and in adversity may weep as though we wept not, for we may plainly see the one from the other and quickly exchange the one for the other.
(2.) How we must comply with the will of God in events of both kinds.
Our religion, in general, must be the same in all conditions.
*When ye receive these temporal gifts from God, enjoy them, and be thankful to the Giver:
--but remember, this sunshine will not always last.
--God has balanced prosperity and adversity against each other;
--and were it not so, how many would put the former in the place of God himself!" MatthewHenry/AdamClarke