Psalms 44:25

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23 ^aAwake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

24 ^aWhy do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?

25 For ^aour soul is bowed down to the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.

26 Arise for our help,
And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.

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Psalms 44:25

For our soul is bowed down to the dust - That is, We are overborne with calamity, so that we sink to the earth. The expression is one that denotes great affliction.

Our belly cleaveth unto the earth - We are like animals that are prone upon the earth, and that cannot rise. The allusion may be to reptiles that cannot stand erect. The figure is intended to denote great prostration and affliction.

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