¹⁹ how much more those who live in houses of clay,
    whose foundation is in the dust,
    who are crushed like a moth.^(A)

⁹ Remember that you fashioned me like clay,
    and will you turn me to dust again?^(A)

⁶ See, before God I am as you are;
    I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.

¹⁹ By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.”^(A)

²⁸ One wastes away like a rotten thing,
    like a garment that is moth-eaten.^(A)

¹² Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.^(A)