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.

下流人真是虚空；上流人也是虚假；放在天平里就必浮起；他们一共比空气还轻。

人真是虚空，人真是虚假；放在天平里就必浮起，他们一共比空气还轻。

人真是虚空，人真是虚假；放在天平里就必浮起，他们一共比空气还轻。

卑贱人不过是一丝气息，尊贵人不过是一场幻影，把他们放在天平上一秤，比空气还轻，毫无分量。

卑贱的人真是虚空，高贵的人也是虚假，放在天平上就必升起；他们加在一起比空气还轻。

卑贱的人不过是虚空，尊贵的人也只是虚幻；把他们放在天平上，他们那边就向上升，他们加起来比空气还轻。

下流人真是虛空；上流人也是虛假；放在天平裏就必浮起；他們一共比空氣還輕。

人真是虛空，人真是虛假；放在天平裏就必浮起，他們一共比空氣還輕。

人真是虛空，人真是虛假；放在天平裏就必浮起，他們一共比空氣還輕。

卑賤人不過是一絲氣息，尊貴人不過是一場幻影，把他們放在天平上一秤，比空氣還輕，毫無分量。

卑賤的人真是虛空，高貴的人也是虛假，放在天平上就必升起；他們加在一起比空氣還輕。

下流人不過是虛幻，上流人乃是虛假；放在天平裏就浮起；一概是噓氣。

卑賤的人不過是虛空，尊貴的人也只是虛幻；把他們放在天平上，他們那邊就向上升，他們加起來比空氣還輕。

斯世之人、卑者虛無、尊者妄誕、置之於衡則起、皆輕於氣兮、

斯世之人、由尊逮卑、咸尚虛妄、若權衡之、輕於呼吸之氣兮。

世間人無論尊卑、皆屬虛妄、若置之權衡、必然浮起、悉輕於虛空、悉輕於虛空或作比呼吸之氣尤輕

吾民其恃主。向主披肺腑。雖在危厄終必安。主是吾人停泊所。

Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air.

Common people are only a vapor; important people, an illusion. Together on a scale, they weigh less than a vapor.

People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.

Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.

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.

Men are only a vapor; exalted men, an illusion. Weighed in the scales, they go up; together they are less than a vapor.

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.

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.

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

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

When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

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

Saul thought,“ Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,“ You shall now be my son-in-law.”And Saul commanded his servants,“ Speak to David in private and say,‘ Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now then become the king’s son-in-law.’”And Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said,“ Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?”And the servants of Saul told him,“ Thus and so did David speak.”Then Saul said,“ Thus shall you say to David,‘ The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired,

Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying,“ Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?Now come down, O king, according to all your heart’s desire to come down, and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.”

And it was told David,“ Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said,“ O Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written,“ That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”

Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

I said in my alarm,“ All mankind are liars.”

And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

Then Saul said,“ I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.”And David answered and said,“ Here is the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and take it.The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.”Then Saul said to David,“ Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

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

And the women sang to one another as they celebrated,“ Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”

And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting,“ Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the throng.

Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;