Psalm 44:23 “Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever…”

Psalm 44:23

Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

Bible in Basic English

Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

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Cross references

“Awake”

Psalm 7:6 Psalm 78:65 Psalm 35:23 Psalm 12:5 Isaiah 51:9 Mark 4:38

Psalm 7:6 · BSB

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

Psalm 78:65 · BSB

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

Psalm 35:23 · BSB

Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!

Psalm 12:5 · BSB

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Isaiah 51:9 · BSB

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?

Mark 4:38 · BSB

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?”

“cast”

Psalm 74:1 Psalm 88:14 Psalm 44:9

Psalm 74:1 · BSB

Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

Psalm 88:14 · BSB

Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 44:9 · BSB

But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

Also

Psalm 77:7

Psalm 77:7 · BSB

“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

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