Ecclesiastes 3:10-18

¹⁰I have seen the employment, which God hath given to the sons of men to busy themselves therewith.

¹¹Every thing hath he made beautiful in its proper time: he hath also placed the eternity in their heart, without a man's being able to find out the work that God hath made from the beginning to the end.

¹²I know that there is nothing good inherent in them, but for every one to rejoice and to do what is good during all his life.

¹³For also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy what is good for all his toil, is likewise a gift of God.

¹⁴I know that whatsoever God doth, that will be for ever; to it nothing can be added, and from it there is nothing to be diminished: and God hath so made it, that men should be afraid of him.

¹⁵That which hath been hath long since appeared again; and what is to be hath already been; and God seeketh again that which is sped away.

¹⁶And moreover I have seen under the sun, that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness; and that in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

¹⁷I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time for every pursuit; and on account of every deed there will he judge.

¹⁸I said in my heart concerning the speaking of the sons of men, that God might make it clear to them, and that they might see that they by themselves are but beasts.