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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Knowest thou `not' this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.

The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

The increase of his house shall depart; `His goods' shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown `by man' shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

When he is about to fill his belly, `God' will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.