4 “Surely you know that it has been from old,ever since humankind was placed on the earth,
5 that the elation of the wicked is brief,the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
6 Even though his stature reaches to the heavensand his head touches the clouds,
7 he will perish forever, like his own excrement;those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found,and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.
9 People who had seen him will not see him again,and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.
10 His sons must recompense the poor;his own hands must return his wealth.