Psalm 62:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: To be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Men of low degree [in the social scale] are emptiness (futility, a breath) and men of high degree [in the same scale] are a lie and a delusion. In the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

Common English Bible

⁹ Human beings are nothing but a breath. Human beings are nothing but lies. They don’t even register on a scale; taken all together they are lighter than a breath!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ my soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.

Psalm 62:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 15:6

Thus Absalom did to every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, so Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.

2 Kings 19:14

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; then Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my consternation, “Everyone is a liar.”

Psalm 118:9

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit is faint, you know my way. In the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.

Psalm 39:11

“You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah

Psalm 39:5

You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah

Psalm 46:2

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,

Psalm 71:7

I have been like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock.

Isaiah 40:15

Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket and are accounted as dust on the scales; see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

Daniel 5:27

tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;

Matthew 21:9

The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

John 19:15

They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

Romans 3:4

By no means! Although every human is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, “So that you may be justified in your words and you will prevail when you go to trial.”

1 Samuel 1:15

But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 18:5

David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him; as a result, Saul set him over the army. And all the people, even the servants of Saul, approved.

1 Samuel 18:7

And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has killed his thousands and David his ten thousands.”

1 Samuel 23:12

Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The Lord said, “They will surrender you.”