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Psalms 44:23

PrayerDoubtDiscouragement and depression

21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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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 thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

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  • Psalms 78:65

    Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

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  • Psalms 77:7

    Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

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  • Psalms 88:14

    LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

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  • Psalms 35:23

    Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

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  • Psalms 74:1

    O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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  • Mark 4:38

    And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

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  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

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