Psa 62:9, 118:8-9, 146:3-4 | ESV | STEP | Those of low estate are but a breath ; those of high estate are a delusion ; in the balances they go up ; they are together lighter than a breath .

f[See ver. 8 above]

j Ps. 104:29; [Eccles. 12:7]; See Job 10:9; 34:14, 15

Psalms 62:9

9 ^aThose of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate ^bare a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
^cthey are together lighter than a breath.

Psalms 118:8-9

8 ^dIt is better to take refuge in the Lord
^ethan to trust in man.
9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
^fthan to trust in princes.

Psalms 146:3-4

3 ^gPut not your trust in princes,
^hin a son of man, in whom there is ⁱno salvation.
4 When ^jhis breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.