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