⁴ “Did you^[a] know this from of old,
since the setting of the human being on earth,
⁵ that the rejoicing of the wicked is short,^[b]
and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment?^[c]
6 Even though his stature mounts up to the heaven,
and his head reaches to the clouds,
⁷ he will perish forever like his dung;
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ He will fly away like a dream, and they will not find him,
and he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
⁹ The eye that saw him will not see him again,^[d]
and his place will no longer behold him.
¹⁰ His children will seek favors from the poor,
and his hands will return his wealth.
¹¹ His bones were full of his vigor,
but^[e] it will lie down with him on^[f] the dust.