“Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:”
The assertion that although a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs life, Qohelet knows that it will be well with those who fear God, introduces a tentative affirmation of divine justice. Yet the placement—after extensive observation of the wicked flourishing—suggests this affirmation comes with hesitation. The promise of ultimate good for the God-fearing attempts to answer the theodicy problem, though evidence seems against it.
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