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Psalms 62:9

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.

KJV

Adhæsit anima mea post te ; me suscepit dextera tua.

Vulgate

ἐκολλήθη ἡ ψυχή μου ὀπίσω σου, ἐμοῦ ἀντελάβετο ἡ δεξιά σου.

LXX

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.

ASV

בִּטְח֘וּ ב֤/וֹ בְ/כָל עֵ֨ת עָ֗ם שִׁפְכֽוּ לְ/פָנָ֥י/ו לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים מַחֲסֶה לָּ֣/נוּ סֶֽלָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
י
y
noun · 19×
י
y
noun · 1849×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
  • 1Sam 18:5 — And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s se
  • 1Sam 18:7 — And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
  • 1Sam 18:21 — 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 o
  • 1Sam 23:12 — Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
  • 1Sam 23:19 — Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
  • 1Sam 26:21 — Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
  • 2Sam 15:6 — And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
  • 2Sam 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.
  • Dan 5:27 — TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
  • Dan 5:27 — TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
  • Eccl 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
  • Isa 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 40:17 — All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
  • Isa 40:17 — All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
  • Jas 1:9 — Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
  • Jer 17:5 — Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
  • Job 7:16 — I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
  • John 19:15 — But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
  • Matt 21:9 — And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
  • Prov 30:8 — Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
  • Ps 9:20 — Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 49:2 — Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
  • Ps 52:7 — Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Ps 116:11 — I said in my haste, All men are liars.
  • Ps 116:11 — I said in my haste, All men are liars.
  • Ps 118:9 — It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
  • Ps 146:3 — Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
  • Rom 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.