2 "Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation.
3 "I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
4 "Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
6 "Though his loftiness reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,
7 He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
8 "He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.