Kohelet


CD Title: Across The River
Artist: Sam Glaser

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Transliteration:

That which has been always shall be
What has been done shall always be
Nothing is new under the heavens
Nothing new under the sun

Ma shehayah hu sheyiyeh
Uma shena'asah hu sheie'aseh
V'en kol chadash tachat hashamesh

Ki mi yodeyah
ma tov la'adam bachayim
Mispar y'mei ohayei hevlo

Sof davar hakol
nishmah
Et haElokim yirah
V'et mitzvotav sh'mor
Ki zeh kol adam

Whatever has been is what will be
and whatever has been done is what will be done
Who can possibly know what is good for man in life
during the short span of his futile existence
The sum of the matter, when all has been considered:
Fear G-d and keep His commandments, for that is man's whole duty
(Kohelet 1:9, 6:12, 12:13)