Wisdom of Ben Sira 10:9-11

New Catholic Bible

^9 [a]For what reason are dust and ashes proud?
    Even in life the body is subject to decay.
¹⁰ A lengthy illness baffles the doctor;
    the king of today will be a corpse tomorrow.
¹¹ One who dies receives only an inheritance
    of maggots and wild animals^[b] and worms.