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Ecclesiastes 4:1-2
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Chapter 4

The Victor and the Tyrant. 1 Then I contemplated all the acts of oppression that are committed under the sun:

I saw the tears of the oppressed,
    with no one present to comfort them.
Power was wielded by their oppressors,
    and no one was there to comfort them.
2 As a result, I regarded the dead as fortunate,
    because they had already died
and thus were happier than the living
    who were still alive.

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Ecclesiastes 4:1-2
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Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness

4 Again I looked and saw all the oppression(A) that was taking place under the sun:

I saw the tears of the oppressed—
    and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
    and they have no comforter.(B)
2 And I declared that the dead,(C)
    who had already died,
are happier than the living,
    who are still alive.(D)

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