Wisdom 15:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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,
¹¹ because he failed to know the one who formed him
and inspired him with an active soul
and breathed into him a living spirit.