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“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
“What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,
“In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right before God?
‘Have You eyes of flesh?
Or do You see as a man sees?
‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Or Your years as man’s years,
Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.
“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
“How then can a man be just with God?
Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?
How much less man, that maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”
“Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Should I lie concerning my right?
My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
“All men have seen it;
Man beholds from afar.
What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.
Put them in fear, O Lord;
Let the nations know that they are but men.
Selah.
To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.
But it is you, a man my equal,
My companion and my familiar friend;
Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;
Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
You made men ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water,
Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
You turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
And wine which makes man’s heart glad,
So that he may make his face glisten with oil,
And food which sustains man’s heart.
O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?
