Psalm 44:25

Translations

Modern

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

Traditional

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Literal

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly has clung to the ground.

Latin

Quoniam humiliata est in pulvere anima nostra; conglutinatus est in terra venter noster.

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English

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

Notes

Psalms 44:23–26

In the end, God’s people can turn to the Lord and trust him for rescue. Their petition for God to remedy their situation is as strong as their lament about God’s rejection.

Psalms 44:1–26

This national lament after a defeat in battle continues the tone of the previous two psalms. It reflects on an unspecified moment in Israel's history and calls on God for salvation. The people:

recite God's past acts of rescue (Psalm 44:1–3),
recognize God's power to save (Psalm 44:4–8),
describe their humiliation in exile (Psalm 44:9–16),
claim their innocence and lament the injustice of their current situation (Psalm 44:17–22), and
cry for vindication (Psalm 44:23–26).

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Psalm 119:25
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
Psalm 66:11–12
You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
Lamentations 4:5
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
Isaiah 51:23
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

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