שַׁ֜בְתִּי וְרָאֹ֣ה תַֽחַת־הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֣י לֹא֩ לַקַּלִּ֨ים הַמֵּר֜וֹץ וְלֹ֧א לַגִּבּוֹרִ֣ים הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וְ֠גַם לֹ֣א לַחֲכָמִ֥ים לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְגַ֨ם לֹ֤א לַנְּבֹנִים֙ עֹ֔שֶׁר וְגַ֛ם לֹ֥א לַיֹּדְעִ֖ים חֵ֑ן כִּי־עֵ֥ת וָפֶ֖גַע יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃
我又轉念，看見在日光之下：快跑的未必能贏得賽跑，勇士未必能打贏戰爭，智慧人未必有糧食，聰明人未必有財富，有學問的人未必蒙人喜愛；因為時機和遭遇臨到他們眾人。
Sha'arei Kedusha
To combat the third problem, acquire the quality of true trust in HaShem-יהו"ה, for HaShem-יהו"ה sees all man’s ways and recompenses him accordingly. Moreover, man’s actions and schemes are ineffectual in this, for “the race is not won by the swift.”289Ecclesiastes 9:11 Rather, give your needs over to HaShem-יהו"ה, as we say,290In the Rosh HaShanah liturgy “Happy is the man who does not forget You, and a person who strengthens in You, for those who seek You will never falter and those who find shelter in You will never be shamed.”