Do you ever feel frustrated by life? Maybe you have a day now and then when things just don’t seem to go right? Maybe you have had to deal with other people that exasperate and frustrate you? Well, you are in good company. Some of God’s greatest servants have found themselves frustrated by life – even to a greater degree than you are. Job, in Job 3:21 , was So frustrated he talked about longing for death. Elijah, in I Kings 19:4, Asked God to take his life. Moses was so frustrated trying to lead God’s people he asked Him to take his life in Numbers 11:15. Jonah (4:3) was so upset that the Ninevites repented that he asked God to kill him. Many people in our world today may appear outwardly to be stable and successful, but inwardly they are terribly frustrated (to the point of being a “basket case”). (I think most of these are Baptist preachers.) The word "frustrated" is from the Latin “frusta,” which means "in vain." One who is frustrated feels that all he does is void of purpose. In our text today we see that Solomon became to so frustrated that he said, “I hate life.” And, at the end of the message he will give us the cure for our frustration. We see:

I. SOLOMON’S CONFESSION – VV. 12-16.

II. SOLOMON’S COMPLAINT – VV. 17-23.

III. SOLOMON’S CONCLUSION – VV. 22-26.