'Prostrate' in the Bible
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there; and they fell to the ground before him.
“So I fell down and lay face down before the Lord forty days and nights because the Lord had said He would destroy you.
“But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down;Man breathes his last, and where is he?
There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;They have been thrust down and cannot rise.
You made men (charioteers) ride over our heads [in defeat];We went through fire and through water,Yet You brought us out into a [broad] place of abundance [to be refreshed].
Let all those be [deeply] ashamed who serve carved images,Who boast in idols.Worship Him, all you gods!
But it will hail, when the forest comes down,And the [capital] city will fall in utter humiliation.
This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel’s Holy One says,To the thoroughly despised One,To the One hated by the nationTo the Servant of rulers,“Kings will see and arise,Princes shall also bow down,Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor and humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”