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 knew not.
8. What did our arrogancy profit us? And what good have riches and vaunting brought us?
9. Those things all passed away as a shadow, And as a message that runs by:
10. As a ship passing through the billowy water, Whereof, when it is gone by, there is no trace to be found, Neither pathway of its keel in the billows: