Wisdom 5:8-10

New Catholic Bible

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;
^10 [a]like a ship that sails through the surging waters
    of whose passage—once it has passed by—no trace can be found,
    no wake from its keel in the waves;