2 “I must replybecause I am greatly disturbed.
3 I’ve had to endure your insults,but now my spirit prompts me to reply.
4 “Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time,ever since people were first placed on the earth,
5 the triumph of the wicked has been short livedand the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
6 Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavensand their heads touch the clouds,
7 yet they will vanish forever,thrown away like their own dung.Those who knew them will ask,‘Where are they?’
8 They will fade like a dream and not be found.They will vanish like a vision in the night.