Job 20:4-11

Revised Standard Version

⁴ Do you not know this from of old,
    since man was placed upon earth,
⁵ that the exulting of the wicked is short,
    and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
⁶ Though his height mount up to the heavens,
    and his head reach to the clouds,
⁷ he will perish for ever like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ He will fly away like a dream, and not be found;
    he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
⁹ The eye which saw him will see him no more,
    nor will his place any more behold him.
¹⁰ His children will seek the favor of the poor,
    and his hands will give back his wealth.
¹¹ His bones are full of youthful vigor,
    but it will lie down with him in the dust.