1
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.
2
So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.
3
But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
4
I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man's jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
5
The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh.