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the triumph of the wicked is short-lived,
and the joy of the godless person lasts only a moment?
If his height reaches to the sky
and his head touches the clouds,
he will certainly rot[a] like his own feces.
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

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Footnotes

  1. 20:7 Or “he will be dead forever.”

that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)
Though the pride(D) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(E)
    and his head touches the clouds,(F)
he will perish forever,(G) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(H)

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