Common people are only a vapor;
important people, an illusion.
Together on a scale,
they weigh less than[a] a vapor.(A)
10 Place no trust in oppression
or false hope in robbery.(B)
If wealth increases,
don’t set your heart on it.(C)

11 God has spoken once;
I have heard this twice:
strength belongs to God,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 62:9 Lit they go up more than

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.
10 Do not trust in extortion(D)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;(E)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.(F)

11 One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,(G)

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