"Laying Down"

"For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth." (Psalms 44:25) This might sound like laying down, as in to assume the most humble position to pray unto God, and it very well may be that; but I am thinking it speaks more about the condition of the heart, as in, I am totally worthless, and I am nothing without You, Dear God! Assuming that we are still involved with a prayer for protection, and I have no doubt that we are, then it would only seem right to acknowledge how critical our need is, because it really doesn't get much lower than this. But here, in the context of the what is being said, there is something else that must be considered, which is, What the heck is being said!!! Since these two statements are separated by a colon, then they are pretty much the same thought; whereas the first statement opens the door to the next, which is the explanation or example of the first. If we are taking for granted that this is speaking about a position of prayer, then it is easy to see how this would work: as our entire person is bowed down to the ground, then our belly would surely be adhered to the earth. However, if "our soul" is speaking about our seat of desires, then the "belly" would be our seat of hunger; which would also mean that we are talking about the state of mind in which we constantly battle: the difference in walking by faith, and walking by sight. As odd as that might appear, we are in a constant battle between the flesh and the Spirit; the flesh sees what it wants, and the Spirit knows what It needs; the Spirit is stronger than the flesh, yet the flesh seems to overpower the Spirit, because of the difference between sight and faith. I hope that came out the way that I meant it to appear, because we all seem to have a different way of looking at what we think that we have seen or heard. Oh yea, that reminds me: God does not change His word either... "If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that as Him? (Luke 11:11-13)