Translation
Therefore I hated life because the work that is worked
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for all is vapor-like,
Go to footnote numbera grasping of the wind.
Paraphrase
Therefore I despised life because the things that are done and the work that is accomplished during our time on earth is distressing to me, everything is like a vapor, like trying to catch the wind.
Footnotes
1
The phrase used here literally means “the work that is worked” or “the doings that are done.” It is a purposeful repetition with both words coming from the same root.
2
This word means something that is “bad, evil, displeasing or distressing.”
3: “vapor-like”
Here the parts of the acrostic PASSES that are in view are likely A: it Accomplishes nothing, S: it is Short lived, and S: it is not Solid or firm.