Ecclesiastes 8:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵ No one who obeys his command will be harmed.
    Those who are wise will know the proper time and way to approach him.
⁶ There’s a proper time and way for people to do everything.
    That’s true even though a person might be suffering greatly.

⁷ No one knows what lies ahead.
    So who can tell someone else what’s going to happen?