Wisdom 5:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ We had our fill of traversing the paths of lawlessness and ruin
    and wandered across trackless deserts,
    but of the way of the Lord we have been ignorant.
⁸ Of what avail has arrogance been to us?
    What advantage have we received from our vaunted wealth?
⁹ “All these things have passed like a shadow,
    much like a fleeting notice;