Ecclesiastes 4:1-7

New International Version

I saw the tears of the oppressed—
    and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
    and they have no comforter.^(B)
2 And I declared that the dead,^(C)
    who had already died,
are happier than the living,
    who are still alive.^(D)
3 But better than both
    is the one who has never been born,^(E)
who has not seen the evil
    that is done under the sun.^(F)

⁵ Fools fold their hands^(H)
    and ruin themselves.
⁶ Better one handful with tranquillity
    than two handfuls with toil^(I)
    and chasing after the wind.