Psalm 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
Read in Psalm 62Meaning
The point is not contempt for people but the instability of rank and human weight when treated as ultimate.
Human status, oppression, and wealth relativized
Social rank, coercion, theft, and increasing riches are all denied ultimate weight.
Read carefully
It critiques the ultimacy of status and power, not human dignity or the value of persons.
Reflection
Treat every person with dignity while refusing to make status the measure of ultimate value.