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Ecclesiastes 3:16-22

The Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 3:16-22

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Acknowledging the providential government of God, which controls events and places man's happiness out of his own power, one is confronted also by the fact that there is much wickedness, much injustice, in the world, which oppose all plans for peaceful enjoyment.

Doubtless there shall be a day of retribution for such iniquities; and God allows them now in order to try men and to teach them humility. Meantime man's duty and happiness consist, as before said, in making the best use of the present and improving the opportunities which God gives him.

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