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The 'Dusty Soul' Experience
Commentators explain that feeling your soul "cleave to the dust" is a common spiritual struggle. It can describe feeling overwhelmed by despair, as if near death, or simply bogged down by worldly concerns and spiritual dullness. The psalmist's honesty shows that acknowledging this heavy, "stuck" feeling is the first step toward renewal.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 119:25
18th Century
Theologian
My soul cleaveth unto the dust - This begins a new division of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the “fourth” letter of th…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 119:25
19th Century
Bishop
DALETH.
Cleaveth to the dust. — The same figure is used in Psalm 22:29; Psalms 44:25, …
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 119:24–25
19th Century
Preacher
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
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John Calvin
On Psalms 119:25
16th Century
Theologian
My soul cleaveth to the dust. He means that he had no more hope of life than if he had been shut up in the tomb; and this must be carefull…
John Gill
On Psalms 119:25
17th Century
Pastor
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 119:25–32
17th Century
Minister
While the souls of the children of this world cling to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened because of the remain…