Ecclesiastes 9:11-14

¹¹I turned about, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty; and that also the wise have no bread, nor yet the men of understanding riches, nor yet men of knowledge favor; but time and fate will overtake them all.

¹²For man also knoweth not his time, like the fishes that are caught in an evil net, and like the birds that are caught in the snare: like these are the sons of men ensnared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

¹³Also in this manner have I seen wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

¹⁴There was a little city, and the men therein were few; and there came against it a great king, who enclosed it, and built around it great works of siege;