6. For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.
7. Surely no one knows the future,and no one can tell another person what will happen.
8. Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it,so no one has power over the day of his death.Just as no one can be discharged during the battle,so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
9. While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this:Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.
10. Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple,and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so.This also is an enigma.
11. When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime,the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
12. Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time,yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people – for they stand in fear before him.
13. But it will not go well with the wicked,nor will they prolong their days like a shadow,because they do not stand in fear before God.