the building of the temple that Solomon would take up on his father’s behalf. He decried in 1 Chronicles 29:14, “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this?” Something of the same sentiment underlies Psalm 8:4: “What is man that you are mindful of him?” (cf. Ps. 144:3; Job 7:17; 15:14; 40:4). Even when this formula is expressed contemptuously from the mouths of mockers, it still shows how exalted God is beyond all other comparisons. For example, Job