Vanity - Ecclesiastes to Music

Vanity is a poetic meditation on the message of Ecclesiastes, particularly Chapters 1, 3 & 9. It reflects on how God has made everything beautiful in its time and placed eternity in the human heart, yet life “under the sun” still feels fleeting, unpredictable, and fragile. Our work, joy, and daily pleasures are gifts from God, but nothing we build lasts forever... only what God does endures. The song holds together both the ache of mortality and the reverent awe of God’s eternal purpose, reminding us to live with humility, gratitude, and holy fear as every breath moves toward what He has set. Sin and evil are temporary and ultimately creation will be restored, especially those who are in Him.

Lyrics:

He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Putting eternity into man’s heart,
yet so that he cannot find out
what God has done from the beginning to the end.
I perceived that there is nothing better for them
than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;
that everyone should eat and drink
and take pleasure in all his toil,
this is God’s gift to man.

Vanity of vanities,
As the Preacher says, vanity of vanities; all is vanity!

So I see whatever God does endures forever;
nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken away.
God has done it,
so that people fear before Him.

Again I saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong,
nor bread to the wise,
nor riches to the intelligent,
nor favor to those with knowledge;
but time and chance happen to them all.
For man does not know his time:
like fish taken in an evil net,
and like birds caught in a snare,
so the children of man are snared
in an evil time,
when it suddenly falls upon them.

What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
and there is nothing new under the sun.

He has put eternity into man’s heart…
But man does not know his time:
like fish taken in an evil net,
and like birds caught in a snare,
so the children of man are snared at an evil time,
when it suddenly falls upon them.

I perceived that whatever God does endures forever;
nothing can be added to it,
nor anything taken from it.
God has done it,
so that people fear before Him.
And every moment, every breath,
moves toward what He has set.
Eternity beneath our feet—
and beauty in the vanishing.

He has made everything beautiful in its time…
everything… in its time…



Vanity
℗ IK Productions
Released on: 2026-01-03