Psalms 44:25

44:25 For we lie in the dirt,

with our bellies pressed to the ground. ¹ 

Psalms 78:27

78:27 He rained down meat on them like dust,

birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores. ² 

Psalms 103:14

103:14 For he knows what we are made of; ³ 

he realizes ⁴  we are made of clay. ⁵ 

[44:25]  ¹ 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.

[78:27]  ² tn Heb “and like the sand of the seas winged birds.”

[103:14]  ³ tn Heb “our form.”

[103:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “remembers.”

[103:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “we [are] clay.”