King James Version
Psalms 44:25 in the King James Version says “For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.”
Psalms 44:25 · KJV
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
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.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. for our: Heb. a help for us
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For our soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“cleaveth”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
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