Psalm 62:9
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
In other translations
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Hebrew words
אַךְ׀'akhonlyH389הֶבֶלhevel[are] a breathH1892בְּנֵי־benei-[the] children ofH1121אָדָם'adamhumankindH120כָּזָבkazav[are] falsehoodH3577בְּנֵיbenei[the] children ofH1121אִישׁ'isheveryoneH376בְּמֹאזְנַיִםbemozenayimin [the] balancesH3976לַעֲלוֹתla'alotto go upH5927הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992מֵהֶבֶלmehevel[are] more than a breathH1892יָחַד׃yachadtogetherH3162
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