Ecclesiastes 8:9-14

9I have seen all this while applying my mind to everything done under the sun: sometimes one person dominates another person to his own harm.

10Then I saw the wicked buried—they used to come and go from the holy place, but will soon be forgotten in the very city where they did this. This too is meaningless.

11When the sentence against a crime is not swiftly carried out, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.

12Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and prolong his days, yet I know that it will be well for those who fear God, for those who revere Him.

13But it will not go well with the wicked, and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

14There is another enigma that occurs upon the earth: there are righteous people who are requited according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked people who are requited according to the work of the righteous. I said, “This also is meaningless.”