³ Put not your trust in princes,
    in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
⁴ When his breath departs he returns to his earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.

⁵ Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord his God,
⁶ who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith for ever;