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Do you not know this: from of old,
    since human beings were placed upon the earth,
The triumph of the wicked is short
    and the joy of the impious but for a moment?(A)
Though his pride mount up to the heavens
    and his head reach to the clouds,

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“Surely you know how it has been from of old,(A)
    ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,
that the mirth of the wicked(B) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(C) lasts but a moment.(D)
Though the pride(E) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(F)
    and his head touches the clouds,(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:4 Or Adam