Psalms 44:25

For our soul is bowed down to the dust,.... Which may signify great declension in spiritual things, much dejection of mind, and little exercise of grace, Psa 119:25; or a very low estate in temporals;…

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 -…

The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go?

I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and…

We lie utterly prostrate, crushed and helpless. Cp. Psa 119:25.