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25 For we lie in the dirt,
with our bellies pressed to the ground.[a]
26 Rise up and help us.
Rescue us[b] because of your loyal love.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:25 tn Heb “for our being/life sinks down to the dirt, our belly clings to the earth.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.
  2. Psalm 44:26 tn Or “redeem us.” See Pss 25:22; 26:11; 69:18; 119:134.