And so the Lord will not let any of the young men escape, and he will not show pity on any of the widows and orphans, because all the people are godless and wicked and everything they say is evil. Yet even so the LORD's anger will not be ended, but his hand will still be stretched out to punish.

With their bows and arrows they will kill the young men. They will show no mercy to babies and take no pity on children.

A king does not win because of his powerful army; a soldier does not triumph because of his strength.

Even lions go hungry for lack of food, but those who obey the LORD lack nothing good.

How short you have made my life! In your sight my lifetime seems nothing. Indeed every living being is no more than a puff of wind,

I realized another thing, that in this world fast runners do not always win the races, and the brave do not always win the battles. The wise do not always earn a living, intelligent people do not always get rich, and capable people do not always rise to high positions. Bad luck happens to everyone.

Not even fast runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength, and soldiers will not be able to save their own lives.