¹⁰ I saw ·the funerals of evil people [^Lthe wicked buried and departed] who used to go in and out of the holy place [^Cthe Temple]. They were ·honored [praised] in the same towns where they had done evil. This is useless [1:2], too [^Cit is not fair that the wicked thrive in life and are praised after they die].

¹¹ When ·evil people are not punished [^Lthe sentence for an evil deed is not carried out] right away, ·it makes others want to do evil, too [^Lthe human heart is filled with evildoing]. ¹² Though a sinner might do a hundred evil things and ·might live a long time [^Ltheir days are lengthened], I know it will be better for those who ·honor God [^Lfear God because they fear him].