1. I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.
2. And so, I praised the dead more than the living.
3. And happier than both of these, I judged him to be, who has not yet been born, and who has not yet seen the evils which are done under the sun.
4. Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.