Adhering to the Dust

Ἐκολλήθη τῷ ἐδάφει ἡ ψυχή μου, λέγων ὁ Ψαλμῳδὸς, πρῶτον μὲν τῆν πρὸς τὸ σῶμα αὐτῆς κοινωνίαν δηλεῖ, ἐκ τοῦ ἐδάφους οὔσης τοῦ χοός· ἔπειτα καὶ τὴν ἐκούσιον ταπείνωσιν ἑαυτοῦ, ἥν ἐφ' οἶς ἥμαρτεν, ἐπεδείξατο· ζῆσαι δι' αὐτῆς κατὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ προσδοκήσας τὸν ταπεινοῦντα ἑαυτὸν ἀνυψοῦντος. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΤΕ' , Εὐτονιῳ

My soul adheres to the dust,1 the Psalmist says, first referring to the body we share, which is from the dust of the earth, and then next to the humility of his own will, which having sinned exposes itself, seeking that by this it live on through the word of God, which it expects to lift up the humble . Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 305, To Eutonius 1 Ps 119. 25