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9 Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath.
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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.
10 Do not trust in oppression And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
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Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
11 Once God has spoken; Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God;
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One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God,
12 And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord , For You recompense a man according to his work.
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and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”
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