Eccl 8:13

“"And it will not be well with the wicked, and he will not live long-like a shadow-because he does not fear God. "He invokes wickedness upon those who do not fear God, and desires that they do not wait long for their punishment, but rather are crucified and immediately put to death, this punishment is for those who merit such a death. This is similar to what the apostle says: "I would that those who annoy us were put to death." [Gal. 5,12.] And in another place "Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil, may the Lord reward him according to his works." [II Tim. 4, 14.] We must ask though how these things are said so mildly. This is very true to the Hebrew meaning of this verse. But we can follow the Septuagint's interpretation, which seems to take another meaning, and says, "and I know, since those who fear God will be well, that they fear his face, and the wicked will not be well, and his day will not be long in shadows, who does not fear God." He could have said this: 'let there also be those things which I considered a little earlier', but I know clearly that those fearing God will be well; "for the face of God is above those who do wickedness" [Ps. 33, 17.]. And the wicked will not be well, for he does not fear God and his days will not be longer in shadows. This is the day of his life, which is like a shadow for the living. Not by this do those who live for a long time lengthen their days, but they make them great with the number of their good deeds. As if confessing himself to be a sinner, Jacob says about this: "few and wicked are these days of mine" [Gen. 47, 9.]. And confessing in the Psalm he says, "my days are inclined like shadows, and I am like the hay of the field" [Ps. 101, 12.]. Not because he has sought a long life in the present world, in which all that we live is brief and looks lie shadow: "for man walks in His likeness" [Ps. 38, 7.], but because he fears the future, lest the length of his life, if it is indeed life, should be short.”

“But this benefit of divine mercy and patience does not extend to the wicked; and therefore it is more profitable for them to die than to live. — Therefore he says: Let there not be good for the wicked: he says this not by way of wishing but by way of predicting, as that passage of the Psalm: "Let sinners be turned into hell." Let there not be good, namely of glory: Isaiah 26: "Let the wicked be taken away, lest he see the glory of God." Nor let there be the good of the present life either: therefore he adds: Nor let his days be prolonged, that is, they will not be prolonged: Proverbs 10: "The years of the wicked shall be shortened": and in the Psalm: "Men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days." But let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow. And indeed they pass away like a shadow: whence in the Psalm: "I saw the wicked highly exalted," and afterward: "I passed by, and behold, he was no more"; whence in the person of the wicked, Wisdom 5: "All these things have passed away like a shadow and like a messenger running ahead and like a ship that passes through the surging water."”