'Dust' in the Bible

may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah)

I grind them as fine windblown dust; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets.

The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.

You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"

Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.

When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust.