3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my intelligence causes me to answer.
4 Dost thou not know this that always was, since man was placed upon earth,
5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds,
7 yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him shall say, What is become of him?
8 He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found: yea, he shall flee away as a vision of the night.
9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place behold him any more.