⁴ “Surely you know how it has been from of old,^(A)
    ever since mankind^[a] was placed on the earth,
⁵ that the mirth of the wicked^(B) is brief,
    the joy of the godless^(C) lasts but a moment.^(D)

²³ When he has filled his belly,^(A)
    God will vent his burning anger^(B) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.^(C)