Wisdom 15:8-10

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸ With misspent toil, he forms a futile god from the same clay—
this man who was made of earth a short time before
and after a little while goes to the earth from which he was taken,
when he is required to return the soul that was lent him.
⁹ But he is not concerned that he is destined to die
or that his life is brief,
but he competes with workers in gold and silver,
and imitates workers in copper;
and he counts it his glory that he molds counterfeit gods.
¹⁰ His heart is ashes, his hope is cheaper than dirt,
and his life is of less worth than clay,