Man: Insignificance of

If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

…how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him? …

How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure? …

“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’ …

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

…that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

…what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.