Mazmur 44:25

44:25 For we lie in the dirt,

with our bellies pressed to the ground. ¹ 

Mazmur 136:21

136:21 and gave their land as an inheritance,

for his loyal love endures,

Mazmur 146:4

146:4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground;

on that day their plans die. ² 

[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.

[146:4]  ² tn Heb “his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.” The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in v. 3b.