Job 20:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ I have been outraged by your censure,
    but now a spirit beyond my understanding
    provides me with the answers to rebuke you.
⁴ “Surely you must know that since time began
    and man was first placed on the earth,
⁵ the triumph of the wicked has always been short-lived,
    and the joy of the sinner lasts only for a moment.