- Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
- "Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation.
- "I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
- "Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth,
- That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
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- Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
- Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
- I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
- Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
- That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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