Thematic Bible: Insignificance of man
Thematic Bible
Insignificance of man » A tenant in a house of clay
‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.
“What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?
And that You are concerned about him?
Insignificance of man » Yet under the watchful care of the almighty
“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Insignificance of man » A grasshopper when compared to God
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
[It is He] who stretches out the heavens like a veil
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Insignificance of man » An atom in the natural universe
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?