Psalms 44:25
(44:26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaveth unto the earth.
Leeser Tanakh
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 wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?
26(44:27) Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
Cross References
Job 13:24Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, and regard me as an enemy unto thee?
Psalms 66:11Thou hast brought us into the net; thou hast placed fetters upon our loins.
Psalms 119:25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word.
Lamentations 4:5Those that used to eat dainty food are desolate in the streets: they that were reared up on scarlet now 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 →