TSK · Ecclesiastes 3:18

The Brevity of Life“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

Against you– you above all– I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written:“so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

But these men, like irrational animals– creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed– do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,