1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied,
2 "My troubled thoughts force me to answer you. That's because I'm very upset.
3 What you have just said makes fun of me. So I really have to reply to you.
4 "I'm sure you must know how things have always been. They've been that way ever since man was placed on this earth.
5 Those who are evil are happy for only a short time. The joy of ungodly people lasts only for a moment.
6 Their pride might reach all the way up to the heavens. Their heads might touch the clouds.