1. Zophar from Naamah said:
2. Therefore, my troubled thoughts make me turn back—because of my inner turmoil.
3. I hear teaching that insults me,but I am forced to answer based on my own understanding.
4. Do you know this from long ago—from when humans were placed on earth—
5. that the rejoicing of the wicked is short,the joy of the godless, brief?
6. Though their height reaches heavenand their heads touch the clouds,
7. they will perish forever like their dung;those who saw them will say, "Where are they?"
8. They will disappear like a dream,and none will find them,carried away like a nighttime vision.
9. The eye that saw them will do so no more;they won’t be seen again at home.