Kohelet 4:1-2

Orthodox Jewish Bible

4 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the shemesh, and, hinei, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no menachem (comforter); and on the side of their oppressors there was ko’ach (power); but they had no menachem (comforter).

² Wherefore I praised the mesim which are already dead more than the living ones which are yet alive.