1 Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were weeping, and no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side.
2 I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive.
3 But better off than either are those who have never been born, who have never seen the injustice that goes on in this world.
4 I have also learnt why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy their neighbours. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.
5 They say that anyone would be a fool to fold his hands and let himself starve to death.