Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
General references
Bible References
General references
Psalm 66:11
You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
Psalm 119:25
My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!
Isaiah 51:23
and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who have said to you, 'Bow down, that we may pass over'; and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over."
Lamentations 4:5
Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.