Ecclesiastes 1:1-9

¹The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

³What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

⁴One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.

⁵The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

⁶The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

⁷All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

⁸All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.