“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?”
Job questions God: What is man that you make so much of him and that you turn your mind toward him? The rhetorical question inverts the traditional psalm language (Psalm 8) to suggest that God's intense attention to humanity is not a sign of blessing but of curse. The turning of the divine mind toward Job has resulted in affliction rather than care. Job's question suggests that human insignificance might be preferable to such divine attention.
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