Wisdom 15:9-11

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁹ But his care is, not that he shall labour, nor that his life is short, but he striveth with the goldsmiths and silversmiths: and he endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth it a glory to make vain things.

¹⁰ For his heart is ashes, and his hope vain earth, and his life more base than clay:

¹¹ Forasmuch as he knew not his maker and him that inspired into him the soul that worketh, and that breathed into him a living spirit.