⁵ Thus says the Lord:
Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals
    and make mere flesh their strength,
    whose hearts turn away from the Lord.^(A)

³ Do not put your trust in princes,
    in mortals, in whom there is no help.^(A)

³ O Lord, what are humans that you regard them,
    or mortals that you think of them?^(A)
4 They are like a breath;
    their days are like a passing shadow.^(B)

⁹ Those of low estate are but a breath;
    those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
    they are together lighter than a breath.^(A)