how much less man, a maggot, and a son of man, a worm?”
And Aḇraham answered and said, “Look, please, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to יהוה,
I shall say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ – to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister.’
And Iyoḇ answered and said,
How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
What is man, that You should make him great, that You should set Your heart on him,
But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
“Do not fear, you worm Ya‛aqoḇ, you men of Yisra’ĕl! I shall help you,” declares יהוה and your Redeemer, the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl.
