- 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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- 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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