Job 25:6

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how much less a mortal, who is a maggot, and a human being, who is a worm!”

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Abraham answered, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Then Job answered:

how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth.

What are human beings, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them,

But I am a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and despised by the people.

Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you insect Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.