6
Clearly we were the ones who missed the way to truth. The light that would have shown us the right thing to do hasn't shone for us. That sun didn't rise upon us.
7
We got entangled in lawlessness and destruction. We wandered through desolate wildernesses. We didn't know the Lord's way.
8
What good did our pride do us? What good were our wealth and pretension?
9
These things have all passed away like a shadow. They're gone like old news.
10
They're gone like a ship passing through a storm-tossed sea: once it has passed, it leaves no trace of its passing; its keel leaves no lasting mark on the waves.