³ Do not put your trust in princes,^(A)
    in human beings,^(B) who cannot save.

⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in princes.^(A)

²² Stop trusting in mere humans,^(A)
    who have but a breath^(B) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?^(C)

⁹ 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)