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Psalms 44:25

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For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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  1. Psalms 119:25Rank 1 from verse 25
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    25My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

  2. Isaiah 51:23Rank 2 from verse 25
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    23But 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 over.

  3. Lamentations 4:5Rank 3 from verse 25
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    5They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

  4. Psalms 66:11–12Rank 4 from verse 25
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    11Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

    12Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

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Psalms 44:25

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bowed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of bow. Sense 1: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward. Sense 2: To make a bodily act of reverence or worship.

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

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