¹³ However, things will not go well with the wicked, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

¹⁴ What Constitutes Happiness.^[a] Another vanity that takes place on earth is that sometimes righteous people are treated as though they had acted in an evil way, and wicked people are treated as though they had lived righteous lives. This too, I say, is vanity. ¹⁵ Therefore, I commend enjoyment, since there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. This is his reward for his toil during the days of life that God grants him under the sun.