4Knowestיָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.taH3045thou not this ofoldעַ֑ד'AdH5703, sincemanאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120wasplacedשִׂ֖יםsimH7760uponearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776,
5That thetriumphingרִנְנַ֣תri.NatH7445of thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563isshortמִקָּר֑וֹבmi.ka.RovH7138, and thejoyוְשִׂמְחַ֖תve.sim.ChatH8057of thehypocriteחָנֵ֣ףcha.NefH2611but for amomentרָֽגַע׃Ra.ga'H7281?
6Though hisexcellencyשִׂיא֑וֹsi.'OH7863shall mountupיַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.LehH5927to theheavensלַשָּׁמַ֣יִםla.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and hisheadוְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹve.ro.ShoH7218reachיַגִּֽיעַ׃ya.Gi.a'H5060to thecloudsלָעָ֥בla.'AvH5645;
7Yet he shallperishיֹאבֵ֑דyo.VedH6foreverלָנֶ֣צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331like his owndungכְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹke.ge.la.loH1561: they who haveseenרֹ֝אָ֗יוro.'AvH7200him shallsayיֹאמְר֥וּyo.me.RuH559,Whereאַיּֽוֹ׃'ai.YoH335is he?
8He shall flyawayיָ֭עוּףYa.'ufH5774as adreamכַּחֲל֣וֹםka.cha.LomH2472, and shall not befoundיִמְצָא֑וּהוּyim.tza.'U.huH4672: yea, he shall be chasedawayוְ֝יֻדַּ֗דve.yu.DadH5074as avisionכְּחֶזְי֥וֹןke.chez.YonH2384of thenightלָֽיְלָה׃La.ye.lahH3915.
9Theeyeעַ֣יִן'A.yinH5869also whichsawשְׁ֭זָפַתּוּShe.za.fa.tuH7805him shall see him nomoreתוֹסִ֑יףto.SifH3254; neither shall hisplaceמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725any morebeholdתְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּte.shu.Re.nuH7789him.
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