^4-5 “You know that the joy of the wicked does not last long.
    That has been true a long time, ever since Adam was^[a] put on earth.
    Those who don’t know God are happy for only a short time.
⁶ Maybe an evil man’s pride will reach up to the sky,
    and his head will touch the clouds.
⁷ But he will be gone forever like his own body waste.
    People who knew him will say, ‘Where is he?’