Ecclesiastes 8:9-14

9I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other.

10I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless.

11When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.

12But even though a person sins a hundred times and still lives a long time, I know that those who fear God will be better off.

13The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.

14And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!