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Psalm 62:10
New Catholic Bible

10 Ordinary people are no more than a breath,
    and the great are no more than a delusion.
When they are placed on scales all together,
    they are lighter than air.[a]

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  1. Psalm 62:10 A reference to the manner of weighing precious objects; the lighter one would rise. On God’s scale, the wicked are a puff of air. The image of the scale recurs in Job 31:6; Prov 16:2; 21:2; 24:12; Isa 40:15.
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