13. but no one who sinsand rejects Godwill prosper or live very long.
14. There is something else that doesn't make sense to me. Good citizens are treated as criminals, while criminals are honoured as though they were good citizens.
15. So I think we should get as much out of life as we possibly can. There is nothing better than to enjoy our food and drink and to have a good time. Then we can make it through this troublesome life that God has given us here on earth.
16. Day and night I went without sleep, trying to understand what goes on in this world.
17. I saw everything God does, and I realized that no one can really understand what happens. We may be very wise, but no matter how much we try or how much we claim to know, we cannot understand it all.