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(1) So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter (2) Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. (3) Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. (4) Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour . This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit (5) The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. (6) Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit. (7) Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. (8) There is one [alone] , and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother : yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches ; neither [saith he,] For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good ? This [is] also vanity , yea, it [is] a sore travail. (9) Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. (10) For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth ; for [he hath] not another to help him up. (11) Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone?] (12) And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (13) Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished (14) For out of prison he cometh to reign ; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor. (15) I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. (16) [There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.