Ben Sira 18:9

9 If we live a hundred years, we have lived an unusually long time,

Ben Sira 18:9 In-Context

7 When we come to the end of that story, we have not even begun; we are simply at a loss for words.

8 What are human beings? Of what use are we? The good that we do - the evil that we do - what does it all mean?

9 If we live a hundred years, we have lived an unusually long time,

10 but compared with all eternity, those years are like a drop of water in the ocean, like a single grain of sand.

11 That is why the Lord is so patient with us, why he is so free with his mercy.