How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!
And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;
To corruption I have called: -- `Thou `art' my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' -- to the worm.
And Job answereth and saith: --
Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation `is' in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)
What `is' man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
And I `am' a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.
Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.