Psalms 44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
In Context
24Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
26Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving kindness' sake.
Cross References
Job 13:24Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?
Psalms 66:11Thou brought us into the net. Thou laid a great burden upon our loins.
Psalms 119:25My soul clings to the dust. Enliven thou me according to thy word.
Lamentations 4:5Those who fed luxuriously are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:18-26
Israel's Appeal to God. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the… Read the whole commentary →