| What does man gain from all his labor
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| All the rivers run down (down to the ocean)
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| Yet the sea is never full
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| What is twisted (can never be straightened)
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| What is lacking can never be counted
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| For with wisdom (comes much sorrow)
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| The more that’s known, the more we grieve in pain
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| I was a teacher
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| The King of all of Israel
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| I was a wise man
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| The wisest in the land
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| I was a rich man
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| I built the greatest houses
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| But without the hand of God
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| My life could have no meaning
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| It’s just chasing after the wind
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| The eye will never (have enough of seeing)
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| The ear will never hear enough to fill
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| There is nothing (new beneath the heavens)
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| What has been will someday come again
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| All my wisdom (All of my labor)
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| All are as folly in the sight of God
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| For the wise man (and the fool are not remembered)
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| They will die and be forgotten all the same
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| You are a teacher
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| The lord of all the kingdom
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| You are a wise man
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| The wisest in the land
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| You are a rich man
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| You refuse your heart no pleasure
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| But without the hand of God
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| Your life will have no meaning
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| You’re just chasing after the wind |