1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer,because I am upset!
3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me,and my understanding makes me reply.
4 Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,from the time man was placed on earth,
5 the joy of the wicked has been briefand the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
6 Though his arrogance reaches heaven,and his head touches the clouds,
7 he will vanish forever like his own dung.Those who know him will ask, “Where is he? ”