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Psalms 44:25

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 44:26.

כִּ֤יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…שָׁ֣חָהshachahinclineשׁוּחַverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “incline”, a completed actionH7743to sink, literally or figurativelybow down, incline, humble.לֶעָפָ֣רleafarto dustעָפָרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to dust”, the ordinary formH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּnafshenvcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…דָּבְקָ֖הdaveqahabide fastדָּבַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “abide fast”, a completed actionH1692properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuitabide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.לָאָ֣רֶץlaaretsto earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.בִּטְנֵֽנוּbitnenvbodyבֶּטֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(44-26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(44-26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἐταπεινώθη εἰς χοῦν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν, ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν.