1 Then I looked again at all the oppression that is done under the sun: And see! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter; and power on the side of their oppressors, but they have no comforter.
2 Therefore I commended the dead who were already dead, more than the living who are still alive.
3 And better than both is he who has never existed, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 And I saw that all the toil and skill of the work bring envy between man and his neighbour. That too is futile and feeding on wind.