Ecclesiastes 8:9-14

9All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one person has authority over another to his harm.

10In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.

11Because the sentence against an evil act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit evil.

12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before him.

13However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.

14There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.