^{5 Ref} That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

^{6 Ref} Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

^{7 Ref} Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

^{8 Ref} He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

^{9 Ref} The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

^{10 Ref} His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

^{11 Ref} His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

^{12 Ref} Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

^{13 Ref} Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

^{14 Ref} Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.

^{15 Ref} He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

^{16 Ref} He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.