For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!
Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.
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.”
You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.
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