⁴ “Surely you know how it has been from of old,^(A)
    ever since mankind^[a] was placed on the earth,
⁵ that the mirth of the wicked^(B) is brief,
    the joy of the godless^(C) lasts but a moment.^(D)
6 Though the pride^(E) of the godless person reaches to the heavens^(F)
    and his head touches the clouds,^(G)