Personally, Douay-Rheims version 1899. Having said that, you bring up an important point. The Bible as being the Work/Word of God has had a lot of different versions. Anybody know why ?
I agree in your brief account of the spiritual history of man. The point I was suggesting was confined to my own self and what I was wondering if others felt the same, ie. total desolation of self due to God's humbling grace.