2 “Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,
Because of the turmoil within me.
3 I have heard the rebuke
1 that reproaches me,
And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
4 “Do you
not know this of
aold,
Since man was placed on earth,
5 aThat the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the hypocrite is
but for a
bmoment?
6 aThough his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
And his head reaches to the clouds,
7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
