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They may grow great, towering to the sky,
    so great that their heads reach the clouds,
    but they will be blown away like dust.
Those who used to know them
    will wonder where they have gone.
(A)They will vanish like a dream, like a vision at night,
    and never be seen again.

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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)

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