Psalms 44:25
(44-26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
In Context
24(44-25) Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
26(44-27) Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
Cross References
Job 13:24Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?
Psalms 66:11Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins.
Psalms 119:25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust; quicken Thou me according to Thy word.
Lamentations 4:5They that did feed on dainties are desolate in the streets; they that 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 →