John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 2:20

Verſ. 20. Therefore I went about to cauſe my heart, &c.] i. e. I ſet my ſelf to take off the edge of my affections from theſe outward comforts that are ſo uncertain, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Symmachus. Metaph. ab equis, quos qui agitant circumagunt. and ſo unſatisfactory; and to take another courſe for the attaining of true happineſſe. The Hebrew word ſignifies, I ſet a compaſs, I turned round, or I turned ſhort again upon my ſelf, by a reflex act of my mind, as Ephraim did, Jer. 31.19, 20. as the prodigal did when hee came to himſelf, who before had been beſides himſelf in point of ſalvation: and as Solomon elſewhere prays, that the captive people may bethink themſelves, or (as the Hebrew hath it) bring back to their heart, 1 King. 8.47. return and diſcern between the righteous and the wicked, Mal. 3.18. Thus David examined his ways, and finding all to be naught and ſtark naught, (contrary to that of God, who reviewing his works, found all good and very good) hee bethought himſelf of a better courſe, hee turned his feet to Gods teſtimonies, Pſal. 119.59. Set not thy heart upon the aſſes, ſaid the Prophet to Saul, foraſmuch as better things abide thee, the deſire of all Iſrael is to thee.