1. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2. "Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation.
3. "I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
4. "Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth,
5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?