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Ps 62:9 King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
No kind of men are reliable, compared with God (Isa 2:22; Jer 17:5).

altogether--alike, one as the other (Psa 34:3).
 
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3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
1 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
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.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
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.
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.