Psalms 44:23
21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- KJV
- Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
- WEB
- Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
- ASV
- Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
- DARBY
- Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
- BLB
- Rouse Yourself! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake! Do not reject [us] forever.
- ÅB
- Våkn opp! Hvorfor sover du, Herre? Våkn opp, forkast ikke for evig tid!
- OTB
- Våkn opp, hvorfor sover Du, Herre?
Reis Deg, forkast oss ikke for alltid. - B1930
- Våkn op! Hvorfor sover du, Herre? Våkn op, forkast ikke for evig tid!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Read in contextPsalms 78:65
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
Read in contextPsalms 77:7
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
Read in contextPsalms 88:14
Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Read in contextPsalms 35:23
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Read in contextPsalms 74:1
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Read in contextMark 4:38
But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
Read in contextIsaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
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