Wisdom 15:9-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁹ But the workers are not concerned that mortals are destined to die
or that their life is brief,
but they compete with workers in gold and silver,
and imitate workers in copper;
and they count it a glorious thing to mould counterfeit gods.
¹⁰ Their heart is ashes, their hope is cheaper than dirt,
and their lives are of less worth than clay,
¹¹ because they failed to know the one who formed them
and inspired them with active souls
and breathed a living spirit into them.