Psalm 62:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Young's Literal Translation
Only—vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Lowborn
בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

men
אָדָם֮ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

[are] but
אַ֤ךְ ׀ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

a vapor;
הֶ֥בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

the exalted
בְּנֵ֫י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

but a lie.
כָּזָ֪ב (kā·zāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing

Weighed on the scale,
בְּמֹאזְנַ֥יִם (bə·mō·zə·na·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - md
Strong's 3976: A pair of scales

they
הֵ֝֗מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are pushed up;
לַעֲל֑וֹת (la·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

together
יָֽחַד׃ (yā·ḥaḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

they are but a breath.
מֵהֶ֥בֶל (mê·he·ḇel)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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