Parallel PSA 62:9

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BSB Lowborn men are but a vapor,
⇔ the exalted but a lie.
 ⇔ Weighed on the scale, they go up;
⇔ together they are but a vapor.

OEB  ⇔ The lowly are nought but a breath,
⇔ the lofty are but an illusion:
 ⇔ in the balances up they go,
⇔ they are lighter than breath altogether.

WEB Surely men of low degree are just a breath,
⇔ and men of high degree are a lie.
 ⇔ In the balances they will go up.
⇔ They are together lighter than a breath.

NET Men are nothing but a mere breath;
 ⇔ human beings are unreliable.
 ⇔ When they are weighed in the scales,
 ⇔ all of them together are lighter than air.

LSV Surely vanity the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up
They [are] lighter than a breath.

FBV Ordinary people are mere breaths, while leaders are just fakes. Put them all together and weigh them on scales and they wouldn't weigh more than air!

T4T  ⇔ People who are considered to be unimportant are as worthless/unreliable as a breath of air;
⇔ people who are considered to be important also really ◄amount to nothing/cannot be trusted to help us►.
 ⇔ If you put them all on a scale, it would be as if they weighed less than a puff of air.

LEB  • [fn] are men of low degree, a deception are men of high degree. • [fn] in a balance, •  together they are lighter than a vapor.

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BBE Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

MOF  ⇔ The lower ranks are but a thing of naught,
⇔ the upper ranks are only a delusion;
 ⇔ weigh them, they prove to be lighter and slighter than a breath of air.

JPS (62-10) Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity.

ASV Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:
 ⇔ In the balances they will go up;
 ⇔ They are together lighter than vanity.

DRA My soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.

YLT Only — vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.

DBY Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity.

RV Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: in the balances they will go up; they are together lighter than vanity.

WBS 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.

KJB 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.[fn]
  (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.)

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BB As for the chyldren of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the chyldren of lordes be but a lye: vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe.
  (As for the children of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the children of lords be but a lye: upon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanity in self.)

GNV Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.
  (Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them upon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie. )

CB Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: vpo the weightes they are al together lighter then vanite itself.
  (Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: upo the weightes they are all together lighter then vanite itself.)

WYC thi riythond took me vp.
  (thi right hand took me up.)

LUT Hoffet auf ihn allezeit, lieben Leute, schüttet euer Herz vor ihm aus! GOtt ist unsere Zuversicht. Sela.
  (Hoffet on him/it allezeit, lieben Leute, schüttet euer Herz before/in_front_of him aus! God is unsere Zuversicht. Sela.)

CLV Adhæsit anima mea post te; me suscepit dextera tua.
  (Adhæsit anima mea after te; me suscepit dextera your. )

BRN My soul has [fn]kept very close behind thee: thy right hand has upheld me.

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BrLXX Ἐκολλήθη ἡ ψυχή μου ὀπίσω σου, ἐμοῦ ἀντελάβετο ἡ δεξιά σου.
  (Ekollaʸthaʸ haʸ psuⱪaʸ mou opisō sou, emou antelabeto haʸ dexia sou. )