Job 20:3-13

3 I hear censure that insults me, and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.
4 Do you not know this from of old, ever since mortals were placed on earth,
5 that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
6 Even though they mount up high as the heavens, and their head reaches to the clouds,
7 they will perish forever like their own dung; those who have seen them will say, "Where are they?'
8 They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 The eye that saw them will see them no more, nor will their place behold them any longer.
10 Their children will seek the favor of the poor, and their hands will give back their wealth.
11 Their bodies, once full of youth, will lie down in the dust with them.
12 "Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth, though they hide it under their tongues,
13 though they are loath to let it go, and hold it in their mouths,
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