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He escuchado la reprensión que me insulta(A),
y el espíritu de mi entendimiento me hace responder.
¿Acaso sabes esto, que desde la antigüedad(B),
desde que el hombre fue puesto sobre la tierra,
es breve el júbilo de los malvados,
y un instante dura la alegría del impío(C)?

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I hear a rebuke(A) that dishonors me,
    and my understanding inspires me to reply.

“Surely you know how it has been from of old,(B)
    ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,
that the mirth of the wicked(C) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(D) lasts but a moment.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:4 Or Adam

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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