September 21: Ecclesiastes 1–3; Psalm 76; John 18

Old Testament: Ecclesiastes 1–3 Ecclesiastes 1–3 (Listen) All Is Vanity 1 The words of the Preacher,1 the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2   Vanity2 of vanities, says the Preacher,<br />    vanity of vanities! All is vanity.<br />3   What does man gain by all the toil<br />    at which he toils under the sun?<br />4   A generation goes, and a generation comes,<br />    but the earth remains forever.<br />5   The sun rises, and the sun goes down,<br />    and hastens3 to the place where it rises.<br />6   The wind blows to the south<br />    and goes around to the north;<br />  around and around goes the wind,<br />    and on its circuits the wind returns.<br />7   All streams run to the sea,<br />    but the sea is not full;<br />  to the place w