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the triumph of the wicked has always been short-lived,
    and the joy of the sinner lasts only for a moment.
Even though in his pride he towers to the sky
    and his head touches the clouds,
he is destined to perish forever like his own dung,[a]
    and those who used to see him will ask:
    ‘Where is he?’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:7 Dung: a symbol of everything that is ephemeral and without value (see 1 Ki 14:10).