³ How long will you rage against someone?
    Would you attack him
        as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
⁴ They plan to cast him down from his exalted position.
    They delight in lies;
their mouth utters blessings,
    while their heart is cursing.
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⁵ My soul, be quiet before God,
    for from him comes my hope.
⁶ He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower;
    nothing will shake me.

⁷ I rely on God who is my deliverance and my glory;
    he is my strong rock,
        and my refuge is in God.
⁸ People, in every situation put your trust in God;^[b]
    pour out your heart before him;
        for God is a refuge for us.
Interlude

⁹ Human beings^[c] are a mere vapor,
    while people in high positions^[d] are not what they appear.
    When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing;
        even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.
¹⁰ Don’t trust in oppression
    or put false hope in stealing;
if you become wealthy,
    do not set your heart on it.

¹¹ God spoke once,
    but I heard it twice,
        “Power belongs to God.”
¹² Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love,
    because you reward each person according to what he does.