The words of the one who would gather the people, the son of David, the king in Jerusalem.
2 How foolish everything is!
says the gatherer,
It's all madness—there is no point in doing anything.
3 Really, what is the impact of all your hard work
and trouble under the sun?
4 Entire generations are born and die
but the earth remains forever, unchanged.
5 The sun rises and sets,
then hurries back to start again.
6 The wind flows south and circles back to the north;
Round and round it circles continuously; the wind keeps making its rounds.
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