1. And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2. Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
3. I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and my spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
4. Knowest thou not this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5. The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
6. Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
7. Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8. He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
9. The eye which saw him shall see him not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
10. His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
11. His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
12. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth and he hide it under his tongue,
13. Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,
14. His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.