Ecclesiastes 1:7-9

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⁷ All the rivers flow to the sea,
    but the sea never becomes full.
    The rivers return to the place from which they flow.
⁸ Everything is ·boring [wearisome],
    ·so boring that you don’t even want to talk about it [^Lbeyond words].
·Words come again and again to our ears,
    but we never hear enough [^LThe ear is never satisfied with hearing],
    nor ·can we ever really see all we want to see [^Lthe eye with seeing].
⁹ ·All things continue the way they have been since the beginning [^LWhatever is will be again].
    What has happened will happen again;
    there is nothing new ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; v. 3].