See (Ecclesiastes 8:12), note; (Ecclesiastes 8:14), note. The living are conscious that there is a future before them, but …

Now. —Rather, long ago.

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now
perished
Not that the separ…

The state of the most despicable living man is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to…