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Since the word of the king is authoritative, ^(C1)who will say to him, "What are you doing?"

One who ^(C1)keeps a royal command ^(C2)experiences no ^(F1)trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.

For ^(C1)there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a person's trouble is heavy upon him.

If no one ^(C1)knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?

^(C1)No one has authority over the wind to restrain the wind, nor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and ^(C2)evil will not save ^(F1)those who practice it.

All this I have seen, and have applied my ^(F1)mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised ^(C1)authority over another person to his detriment.

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they are ^(C1)soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility.

Because the ^(C1)sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore ^(C2)the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are ^(F1)fully given to do evil.