⁵¹ The seventh step of humility is that a monk should proclaim himself lower and more worthless than all; he should do this not only with his tongue, but he should also believe it with the inmost feeling of his heart. ⁵² Humbling himself, he should say with the Prophet:

I, however, am a worm

and not a human being,

the reproach of humanity

and the outcast of the people. (Ps 22:7)

⁵³ I have been lifted up and humbled

and confounded. (Vulgate Ps 87:16)

⁵⁴ And again:

For me it has been good

that you have humbled me

so that I may learn your commandments. (Ps 119:71, 73)