6
So it was we who strayed from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness did not shine on us, and the sun did not rise upon us.
7
We took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction, and we journeyed through trackless deserts, but the way of the Lord we have not known.
8
What has our arrogance profited us? And what good has our boasted wealth brought us?
9
"All those things have vanished like a shadow, and like a rumor that passes by;
10
like a ship that sails through the billowy water, and when it has passed no trace can be found, nor track of its keel in the waves;
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