⁹ Now, O King, put the order in force, signing the writing so that it may not be changed, like the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.

⁹ It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.

³ Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

² You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

²² Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.