Ecclesiastes 8:9 says, All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.  Solomon was stating a fact that we today see everywhere, and that is that some rulers are not concerned with how much their actions may hurt others.  We really should not be surprised when this happens.  We too often look at the world from the perspective of life in America and think of how bad things have gotten, ignoring the abuse of people in the rest of the world.  We know that in some countries that those who oppose those in power are routinely killed, but somehow we are not really concerned.  We will really never change this through anything other than reaching people with the Gospel.  We may see leaders come and go, some supposedly to change things for the better, but once they are in power, they prove to be as bad or worse than those they replaced.  We must change their hearts by the acceptance Christ to really change anything.  Verse ten says, And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.  Those who abuse and mistreat the ones that they rule over may be buried with honor, their abuse forgotten.  This is not the final ruling of their life though.  One day, God will hold them accountable.  Verse eleven states, Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.  Solomon was continuing his study of those who do evil, especially rulers, and said since a sentence against evil was slow to come, they grew even bolder in their wickedness.  The same remains true today.  The longer a person lives successfully while doing evil in the world, the bolder they become.  We see so many instances of this in the world today, but we need to rest assured that one day they will face God, and they will then realize how vain their power and wealth really are.  Verses twelve and thirteen continue this thought stating, 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: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.  We cannot be upset with God if the wicked live long and prosperous lives here on earth, because our call is simply to serve God.  We need never think that because evil abounds that God has lost control or left us.  One day, God will judge all, and even those who thought they had a long life will realize how much like a vapor it really was.  Evil will never win in the end.