Psalm 44:25
For our life has melted away into the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.
Psalm 119:25
Daleth.
My earthly life clings to the dust;
Revive and refresh me according to Your word.
Psalm 66:11-12
You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on
Isaiah 51:23
“I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”
Lamentations 4:5
Those who feasted on delicacies
Are perishing in the streets;
Those reared in purple [as nobles]
Embrace ash heaps.
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You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on
My earthly life clings to the dust;
Revive and refresh me according to Your word.
“I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”
Those who feasted on delicacies
Are perishing in the streets;
Those reared in purple [as nobles]
Embrace ash heaps.