Psalms 62:9 · KJV
“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. {altogether: or, alike}”
— Psalms 62:9
Trust in him at all times; {ye} people, pour out your heart before him: God {is} a refuge for us. Selah.
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart {upon them}.
Psalms 62 — Context
In God {is} my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, {and} my refuge, {is} in God.
8Trust in him at all times; {ye} people, pour out your heart before him: God {is} a refuge for us. Selah.
9Surely 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. {altogether: or, alike}
10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart {upon them}.
11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power {belongeth} unto God. {power: or, strength}
Cross References
Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}
Isaiah 40:15
Behold, the nations {are} as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Isaiah 40:17
All nations before him {are} as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Psalms 118:9
{It is} better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah. {his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away}
Romans 3:4
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
1 Samuel 18:21-26
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in {the one of} the twain.
2 Samuel 15:31
And {one} told David, saying, Ahithophel {is} among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.