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Redeem Us, O God

Psalms 44:25

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
For our soul has bowed to the dust, || Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
YLT
For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
DBY
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
DRC43:25
For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
GNV
For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
JPS44:26
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
LXXE43:26
For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC44:26
כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶעָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ דָּבְקָ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ בִּטְנֵֽנוּ׃KJV:Ps.44.25
LXX-Br43:26
Ὅτι ἐταπεινώθη εἰς χοῦν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν, ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 119:25My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
  • Isaiah 51:23I 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.”
  • Lamentations 4:5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
  • Psalms 66:11–12You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs. You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 44:26 in some Bibles
  • 44:25 in most Bibles

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