6 “So we were the oneswho turned from truthand rejected the lightfrom those good people.
7 We refused to follow the Lord!Instead we were lawlessand followed a desert roadthat led us to destruction.
8 All of our pride and wealthhas proved to be useless.
9 “Everything we treasuredhas vanished like a shadowor a hastily spoken word,*
10 or like the wake of a shipon ocean waves,
11 or like the flight of a birdthrough the air,
12 or like the unknown pathof an arrow on its wayto the target.