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      <verse number='1'>So <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="7725">returned</strongs>, and <strongs number="7200">considered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="6217">oppressions</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>are <strongs number="6213">done</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>: and <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>the <strongs number="1832">tears</strongs>of <em> such </em><em> as </em><em> were </em><strongs number="6217">oppressed</strongs>, and they had <strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="5162">comforter</strongs>; and on the <strongs number="4480 3027">side</strongs>of their <strongs number="6231">oppressors</strongs><em> there </em><em> was </em><strongs number="3581">power</strongs>; but they had <strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="5162">comforter</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>Wherefore <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="7623">praised</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="4191">dead</strongs>which are <strongs number="7945 3528">already</strongs><strongs number="4191">dead</strongs>more <strongs number="4480">than</strongs>the <strongs number="2416">living</strongs><strongs number="834 1992">which</strongs>are <strongs number="5728">yet</strongs><strongs number="2416">alive</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'>Yea, <strongs number="2896">better</strongs><em> is </em><em> he </em>than <strongs number="4480 8147">both</strongs>they, <strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs>hath <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="5728">yet</strongs><strongs number="1961">been</strongs>, <strongs number="834">who</strongs>hath <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="7200">seen</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="7451">evil</strongs><strongs number="4639">work</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>is <strongs number="6213">done</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'>Again, <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="7200">considered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="5999">travail</strongs>, and <strongs number="3605">every</strongs><strongs number="3788">right</strongs><strongs number="4639">work</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">that</strongs>for <strongs number="1931">this</strongs>a <strongs number="376">man</strongs>is <strongs number="7068">envied</strongs>of his <strongs number="4480 7453">neighbor</strongs>. <strongs number="2088">This</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>and <strongs number="7469">vexation</strongs>of <strongs number="7307">spirit</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'>The <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>foldeth his hands <strongs number="2263 *853 3027">together</strongs>, and <strongs number="398">eateth</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>his own <strongs number="1320">flesh</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="2896">Better</strongs><em> is </em>a <strongs number="4480 4393 3709">handful</strongs><em> with </em><strongs number="5183">quietness</strongs>, than both the <strongs number="2651">hands</strongs><strongs number="4480 4393">full</strongs><em> with </em><strongs number="5999">travail</strongs>and <strongs number="7469">vexation</strongs>of <strongs number="7307">spirit</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>Then <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="7725">returned</strongs>, and I <strongs number="7200">saw</strongs><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'>There <strongs number="3426">is</strongs><strongs number="259">one</strongs><em> alone </em>, and <em> there </em><em> is </em><strongs number="369">not</strongs>a <strongs number="8145">second</strongs>; <strongs number="1571">yea</strongs>, he hath <strongs number="369">neither</strongs><strongs number="1121">child</strongs>nor <strongs number="251">brother</strongs>: yet <em> is </em><em> there </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="7093">end</strongs>of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>his <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>; <strongs number="3808">neither</strongs>is his <strongs number="5869">eye</strongs><strongs number="7646">satisfied</strongs>with <strongs number="6239">riches</strongs>; neither <em> saith </em><em> he </em>, For <strongs number="4310">whom</strongs>do <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="6001">labor</strongs>, and <strongs number="2637">bereave</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="5315">soul</strongs>of <strongs number="4480 2896">good</strongs>? <strongs number="2088">This</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>, yea, <strongs number="1931">it</strongs><em> is </em>a <strongs number="7451">sore</strongs><strongs number="6045">travail</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="8147">Two</strongs><em> are </em><strongs number="2896">better</strongs><strongs number="4480">than</strongs><strongs number="259">one</strongs>; <strongs number="834">because</strongs>they <strongs number="3426">have</strongs>a <strongs number="2896">good</strongs><strongs number="7939">reward</strongs>for their <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="518">if</strongs>they <strongs number="5307">fall</strongs>, the <strongs number="259">one</strongs>will lift <strongs number="6965">up</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>his <strongs number="2270">fellow</strongs>: but <strongs number="337">woe</strongs>to him <em> that </em><em> is </em><strongs number="259">alone</strongs>when he <strongs number="7945 5307">falleth</strongs>; for <em> he </em><em> hath </em><strongs number="369">not</strongs><strongs number="8145">another</strongs>to help him <strongs number="6965">up</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'><strongs number="1571">Again</strongs>, <strongs number="518">if</strongs><strongs number="8147">two</strongs>lie <strongs number="7901">together</strongs>, then they have <strongs number="2552">heat</strongs>: but <strongs number="349">how</strongs>can <strongs number="259">one</strongs>be <strongs number="3179">warm</strongs><em> alone </em>? </verse>
      <verse number='12'>And <strongs number="518">if</strongs><strongs number="259">one</strongs>prevail <strongs number="8630">against</strongs>him, <strongs number="8147">two</strongs>shall <strongs number="5975 5048">withstand</strongs>him; and a <strongs number="8027">threefold</strongs><strongs number="2339">cord</strongs>is <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="4120">quickly</strongs><strongs number="5423">broken</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="2896">Better</strongs><em> is </em>a <strongs number="4542">poor</strongs>and a <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs><strongs number="3206">child</strongs>than an <strongs number="2205">old</strongs>and <strongs number="3684">foolish</strongs><strongs number="4480 4428">king</strongs>, <strongs number="834">who</strongs><strongs number="3045">will</strongs><strongs number="3808">no</strongs><strongs number="5750">more</strongs>be <strongs number="2094">admonished</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs>out of <strongs number="4480 1004 631">prison</strongs>he <strongs number="3318">cometh</strongs>to <strongs number="4427">reign</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">whereas</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><em> he </em><em> that </em><em> is </em><strongs number="3205">born</strongs>in his <strongs number="4438">kingdom</strongs>becometh <strongs number="7326">poor</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>I <strongs number="7200">considered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="2416">living</strongs>which <strongs number="1980">walk</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>, <strongs number="5973">with</strongs>the <strongs number="8145">second</strongs><strongs number="3206">child</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>shall stand <strongs number="5975">up</strongs>in his <strongs number="8478">stead</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'><em> There </em><em> is </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="7093">end</strongs>of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>, <em> even </em>of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>have <strongs number="1961">been</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>them: they <strongs number="1571">also</strongs>that come <strongs number="314">after</strongs>shall <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="8055">rejoice</strongs>in him. <strongs number="3588">Surely</strongs><strongs number="2088">this</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>and <strongs number="7475">vexation</strongs>of <strongs number="7307">spirit</strongs>. </verse>
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