7. a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
8. a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for battle, and a time for peace.
9. What does the worker gain from his toil?
10. I have seen the task Elohim has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.
11. He has made it all, pretty in its time. Even the ages He has put in their hearts, except that no one finds out the work that Elohim does from beginning to end.
12. I know that there is no good for them but to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,
13. and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is a gift of Elohim.
14. I know that whatever Elohim does is forever. There is no adding to it, and there is no taking from it. Elohim does it, that men should fear before Him.
15. Whatever is has already been, and what shall be has been before. But Elohim seeks out what has been pursued.
16. Then again I saw under the sun: In the place of right-ruling, wrongness was there. And in the place of righteousness, wrongness was there.
17. I said in my heart, “Elohim judges the righteous and the wrong, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.”
18. I said in my heart, “Concerning the matter of the sons of men, Elohim selects them, so as to see that they themselves are beasts.”