All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
All things have I seen ... - I have seen strange things of all kinds. An objection entertained by Solomon "in the days of his vanity" (apostasy) (Ecclesiastes 8:14; Job 21:7).
There is a just (man) that perisheth. Temporal, not eternal death (John 10:28). See note, Ecclesiastes 7:16; "just" is probably a self-justiciary.
Wicked ... prolongeth his life. See the antidote to the abuse of this statement in Ecclesiastes 8:12. So Israel complained of her adversity notwithstanding her righteousness in Malachi 2:17; 12:13-15 .