1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2. Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3. I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
4. Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6. Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;