⁶ In comparison, people are maggots;
    we mortals are mere worms.”

¹⁴ Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob,
    don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you.
I am the Lord, your Redeemer.
    I am the Holy One of Israel.’

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man.
    I am scorned and despised by all!

¹⁷ “What are people, that you should make so much of us,
    that you should think of us so often?

¹⁹ how much less will he trust people made of clay!
    They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.