Sirach 44:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ all of these were honored
in their generation,
    a source of pride in their time.
⁸ Some of them left behind a name
    so that their praises might be told.
⁹ For some there is no memory,
    and they perished as though
    they hadn’t existed.
    These have become as though
    they hadn’t been born,
        they and even their children after them.