Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Bible References

General references

Psalm 66:11

You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on us.
Psalm 119:25
Daleth.
My earthly life clings to the dust;
Revive and refresh me according to Your word.
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.