1 The words of David’s son, Qoheleth, king in Jerusalem:
2 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!
3 What profit have we from all the toilwhich we toil at under the sun?
4 One generation departs and another generation comes,but the world forever stays.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets;then it presses on to the place where it rises.
6 Shifting south, then north,back and forth shifts the wind, constantly shifting its course.