4:1 So
This is what I saw:
The oppressed
no one delivers
4:2 So I considered
more fortunate than those who are still alive.
4:3 But better than both is the one who has not been born
and has not seen the evil things that are done on earth.
4:4 Then I considered
Surely it is nothing more than
This also is profitless – like
4:5 The fool folds his hands and does no work,
so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.
4:6 Better is one handful with some rest
than two hands full of toil