Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts before him.
God is our refuge.(A)Selah

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

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Footnotes

  1. 62:9 Lit they go up more than

Trust in him at all times, you people;(A)
    pour out your hearts to him,(B)
    for God is our refuge.

Surely the lowborn(C) are but a breath,(D)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,(E) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
10 Do not trust in extortion(F)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;(G)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.(H)

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