'Mortals' in the Bible
And so then, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant: If Yahweh has incited you against me, may he delight in an offering; but if {it is mortals}, [may] they be accursed {before} Yahweh, for they have driven me away today from sharing in the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, 'Go, serve other gods!'
Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man's years,
Terrify them, Lord! Let the nations know they are mere mortals! (Selah)
You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers."
You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!"
To mortals [belong] the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh [comes] the answer of the tongue.
In the day of prosperity, rejoice! But in the day of adversity, consider! For God made one in place of another so that mortals cannot find out what will happen {in the future}.
Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my instruction in their hearts. Don't fear the insults of mortals, and don't be dismayed at their hateful words.
For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the pit.
What the king is asking is so difficult that no one can make it known to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,