Terrify them, Lord! Let the nations know they are mere mortals! (Selah)

to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.

By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.

Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah

Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].

“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

God, whose word I praise, God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] flesh do to me?

God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] humankind do to me?

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],

Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!

The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath.

Yahweh [is] for me; I do not fear. What can [mere] humans do to me?

The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.

Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.