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.
13 As soon as we were born,we began to disappearbecause we followed only eviland left behind no tracesof anything good.”