2 “Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,Because of the turmoil within me.
3 I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me,And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
4 “Do you not know this of old,Since man was placed on earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short,And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
6 Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,And his head reaches to the clouds,
7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away like a dream, and not be found;Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.