14. I also know that whatever God does will endure forever;nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it.God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.
15. Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been;for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.
16. I saw something else on earth:In the place of justice, there was wickedness,and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.
17. I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked;for there is an appropriate time for every activity,and there is a time of judgment for every deed.