15. Everything that happenshas happened before,and all that will behas already been—God does everythingover and over again.
16. Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice.
17. So I told myself that God has set a time and a place for everything. He will judge everyone, both the wicked and the good.
18. I know that God is testing us to show us that we are merely animals.
19. Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense.
20. All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to the earth.
21. Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth?
22. We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future.