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and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;
Everyone Will Die So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated– no one knows what lies ahead.
Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.
Just as he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.
Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?
Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,
What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.
Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.