Ecclesiastes 4:1-2

1 Next I turned my attention to all the outrageous violence that takes place on this planet - the tears of the victims, no one to comfort them; the iron grip of oppressors, no one to rescue the victims from them.
2 So I congratulated the dead who are already dead instead of the living who are still alive.
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