1. Then Zophar the Naamathite responded and said:
2. “In truth, my troubled thoughts urge me to answer because of my feelings within me.
3. I hear a rebuke that dishonors me and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4. Do you not know that it has been from old, since mankind was put on earth,
5. that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?