Ecclesiastes 4:1-3

Good News Translation

4 Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were crying, and no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side. ² I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive. ³ But better off than either are those who have never been born, who have never seen the injustice that goes on in this world.