Romanticizing a biblical wallow in the dirt doesn't exactly make the misery more profound, just more performative.
A reading from Psalms 44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
— Psalms 44:25 (en_asv)
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Our soul is bowed down to the dust.