⁸ It is better to take refuge in the Lord^(A)
    than to trust in humans.^(B)
9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in princes.^(C)

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

⁴ “Beware of your friends;^(A)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.^(B)
For every one of them is a deceiver,^[a](C)
    and every friend a slanderer.^(D)

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,^(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.^(B)