4 Do you not know this: from of old,since human beings were placed upon the earth,
5 The triumph of the wicked is shortand the joy of the impious but for a moment?
6 Though his pride mount up to the heavensand his head reach to the clouds,
7 Yet he perishes forever like the dung he uses for fuel,and onlookers say, “Where is he?”
8 Like a dream he takes flight and cannot be found;he fades away like a vision of the night.
9 The eye which saw him does so no more;nor shall his dwelling again behold him.
10 His sons will restore to the poor,and his hands will yield up his riches.