Ecclesiastes 1:1-7

¹These are the words of the Teacher, the descendant of David and king in Jerusalem.

²The Teacher says this. “Like a vapor of mist, like a breeze in the wind, everything vanishes, leaving many questions.

³What profit does mankind gain from all the work that they labor at under the sun?

⁴One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

⁵The sun rises, and it goes down and hurries back to the place where it rises again.

⁶The wind blows south and circles around to the north, always going around along its pathway and coming back again.

⁷All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. To the place where the rivers go, there they go again.