Olam 2

Knowest thou <i>not</i> this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

That the triumphing of the wicked <i>is</i> short, and the joy of the hypocrite <i>but</i> for a moment?

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

<i>Yet</i> he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where <i>is</i> he?

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

The eye also <i>which</i> saw him shall <i>see him</i> no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

His bones are full <i>of the sin</i> of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, <i>though</i> he hide it under his tongue;

<i>Though</i> he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: