Ecclesiastes 4:1-3

Tree of Life Version

I saw the tears of the oppressed,
    but they have no comforter.
Power is in the hand of their oppressors,
    but they had no comforter.
² So I considered the dead,
    who are already dead,
more fortunate than the living,
    who are still alive.
³ Yet better than both
    is one who has not yet been,
who has never seen the evil work
    that is done under the sun.