Cease regarding man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for why should he be esteemed?
Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died.
all the while my spirit is in me, and the breath of God is in my nostrils,
Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
Surely men of low degree are but a vapor; men of high degree are a lie; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than vapor.
what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You attend to him?
Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold, He takes up the coastlands like fine dust.
All nations before Him are as nothing, and they are counted by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid of a man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass,
Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart departs from the Lord.
And now we call the proud blessed, for those who do wickedness are built up; they even test God and escape.”
whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.