Surely men of low degree, all the ordinary sons of Adam, are vanity, a mere breath as compared with His almighty power, and men of high degree, the sons of those who are considered nobles on the earth, are a lie, a fraud, nothing real, to be laid in the balance, ascending up in the balances, without weight or value; they are altogether lighter than vanity, according to the standard of real worth they had nothing to commend them in the sight of God. Cf Psalms 39:5. Therefore he addresses a concluding warning to men in general.

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