<p class="poetry">Before him the coastlands<n id="1" /> will bow down,p> <p class="poetry">and his enemies will lick the dust.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He raises the poor from the dirt,p> <p class="poetry">and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1491; (<i>Daleti>)p> <p class="poetry">I collapse in the dirt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Revive me with your word!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For we lie in the dirt,p> <p class="poetry">with our bellies pressed to the ground.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He rained down meat on them like dust,p> <p class="poetry">birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he knows what we are made of;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he realizes<n id="2" /> we are made of clay.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">may an enemy relentlessly chase<n id="1" /> me<n id="2" /> and catch me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">may he trample me to death<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.<n id="5" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">I grind them as fine windblown dust;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I beat them underfoot<n id="2" /> like clay<n id="3" /> in the streets.p>

<p class="poetry">The roof of my mouth<n id="1" /> is as dry as a piece of pottery;p> <p class="poetry">my tongue sticks to my gums.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="3" /> set me in the dust of death.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;What<n id="1" /> profit is there in taking my life,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in my descending into the Pit?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Can the dust of the grave<n id="4" /> praise you?p> <p class="poetry">Can it declare your loyalty?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> your servants take delight in her stones,p> <p class="poetry">and feel compassion for<n id="2" /> the dust of her ruins.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you ignore them, they panic.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When you take away their life&#8217;s breath, they diep> <p class="poetry">and return to dust.p>

<p class="poetry">All of the thriving people<n id="1" /> of the earth will join the celebration and worship;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all those who are descending into the grave<n id="3" /> will bow before him,p> <p class="poetry">including those who cannot preserve their lives.<n id="4" />p>