Ecclesiastes 1:12-15

12I, the Teacher, was king of Israel, and I lived in Jerusalem.

13I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.

14I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.

15What is wrong cannot be made right. What is missing cannot be recovered.