Psalms 44:25
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
- KJV
- For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
- WEB
- For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
- ASV
- For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
- DARBY
- For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
- BLB
- For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly has clung to the ground.
- ÅB
- For vår sjel er nedbøyd i støvet, vårt legeme nedtrykt til jorden.
- OTB
- For våre sjeler er brakt ned til støvet;
Våre kropper klamrer seg til jorden. - B1930
- For vår sjel er nedbøid i støvet, vårt legeme nedtrykt til jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:25
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Read in contextLamentations 4:5
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Read in contextPsalms 66:11–12
Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
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