⁶ How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

¹⁴ Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

²⁷ And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

¹⁹ How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

¹⁷ What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,