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Psalms 44:25

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

KJV

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

ASV

לָֽ/מָּה פָנֶ֥י/ךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח עָנְיֵ֣/נוּ וְֽ/לַחֲצֵֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

YLT

For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 36×
לַ֣חַץ
lchts
noun · 12×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 29:4 — And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and th
  • Isa 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 o
  • Lam 4:5 — They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
  • Ps 66:11 — Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
  • Ps 119:25 — My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
  • Ps 119:25 — My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.