2. “Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer,and for this I make haste.
3. I have heard the rebuke that disgraces me,and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
4. “Do you not know this of old,since man was placed upon earth,
5. that the triumphing of the wicked is short,and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
6. Though his loftiness extends to the heavens,and his head reaches to the clouds,