^8 (A)It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    ^(B)than to trust in man.

⁴ Blessed is the man who ^(A)makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who ^(B)go astray after a lie!

^8 (A)Trust in him at all times, O people;
    ^(B)pour out your heart before him;
    God is ^(C)a refuge for us. Selah

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

⁵ Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man ^(A)who trusts in man
    and makes flesh his strength,^[a]
    whose heart turns away from the Lord.
^6 (B)He is like a shrub in the desert,
    ^(C)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in ^(D)an uninhabited salt land.

^7 (E)“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
    ^(F)whose trust is the Lord.