Sirach 10:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ Injustice, arrogance, and wealth cause nations to fall from power, and others then rise to take their place. ⁹ We are only dust and ashes; what have we got to be proud of Our body decays even while we are alive.^{[a] 10} A long illness puzzles the doctor.^[b] Even a king may be alive today and dead tomorrow.