Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Psalm 62:9 in English Standard Version "Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath." Ps 39:5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Ps 116:11 I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.” Isa 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.