Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.

a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold;

so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.

He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.

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

He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

ד (Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!

Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.

I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets.

My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.

Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.

Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?

Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;