Ecclesiastes 4:1-2

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4 Again I saw all the people who were ·mistreated [oppressed] ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3].
I saw ·their tears [^Lthe tears of the oppressed]
    and that they had no one to comfort them.
·Cruel people had [Oppressors have] all the power,
    and there was no one to comfort those they hurt.
² I ·decided that the dead
    are better off than the living [^Lpraised the dead who were already dead more than the living who are still alive].