16. I also saw this here on earth:Where there should have been justice, there was evil.Where there should have been fairness, there was wickedness.
17. I certainly believe thatGod has planned a time for every thing and every action.He will judge both good people and bad people.
18. But I decided that God leaves it the way it is to test people. He wants to show them they are just like animals.
19. The same thing happens to animals and to people. They both have the same breath. So they both die. People are no better off than the animals. The lives of both are soon gone.
20. Both end up the same way. Both came from dust. And both will go back to dust.
21. Who can be sure that the spirit of man goes up to God? Or who can be sure that the spirit of an animal goes down into the ground?
22. So I saw the best thing a person can do is to enjoy his work. That is all he has. No one can help a person see what will happen in the future.