“What is mankind, that You magnify him, that You set Your heart on him,
Do You fix Your eyes on such a one, and bring me for judgment with You?
“Can a man be useful to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
how much less man who is but a maggot— a son of man who is a worm!”
Am I a sea, or a monster of the deep that You have set a watch over me?
Adonai, what is man, that You take note of him? Or the son of man, that You consider him?
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You established—
what is man, that You are mindful of him? And the son of man, that You care for him?
But somewhere someone has testified, saying, “What is man, that You are mindful of him, or the son of man, that You care for him?
Whom has the king of Israel come after? Who are you chasing? A dead dog? A single flea?