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.
9 "The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.
10 "His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.