³ “Do not keep talking so proudly
    or let your mouth speak such arrogance,^(A)
for the Lord is a God who knows,^(B)
    and by him deeds^(C) are weighed.^(D)

² “If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!^(A)

⁶ let God weigh me^(A) in honest scales^(B)
    and he will know that I am blameless^(C)—

⁹ Surely the lowborn^(A) are but a breath,^(B)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,^(C) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.

² All a person’s ways seem pure to them,^(A)
    but motives are weighed^(B) by the Lord.^(C)