Ecclesiastes 1:4-9

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⁴ A generation goes, and a generation comes,
    but the earth remains forever.^(A)
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down
    and hurries to the place where it rises.^(B)
6 The wind blows to the south
    and goes around to the north;
round and round goes the wind,
    and on its circuits the wind returns.^(C)
7 All streams run to the sea,
    but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
    there they continue to flow.
⁸ All things^[a] are wearisome,
    more than one can express;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing
    or the ear filled with hearing.^(D)
9 What has been is what will be,
    and what has been done is what will be done;
    there is nothing new under the sun.^(E)