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Job 20:4-11 (Listen)

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4 Do you not know this from of old,

esince man was placed on earth,

5 fthat the exulting of the wicked is short,

and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

6 gThough his height mount up to the heavens,

and his head reach to the clouds,

7 he will perish forever like his own hdung;

those who have seen him will say, i‘Where is he?’

8 He will fly away like ja dream and not be found;

he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

9 kThe eye that saw him will see him no more,

nor will his place any more behold him.

10 His children will seek the favor of the poor,

and his hands will lgive back his wealth.

11 His bones are full of his myouthful vigor,

but it will lie ndown with him in the dust.