Though the pride(A) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(B)
    and his head touches the clouds,(C)
he will perish forever,(D) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(E)
Like a dream(F) he flies away,(G) no more to be found,
    banished(H) like a vision of the night.(I)
The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.(J)
10 His children(K) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.(L)
11 The youthful vigor(M) that fills his bones(N)
    will lie with him in the dust.(O)

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