Psalms 44:23

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord?The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Arise! Don’t reject us forever.”

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 7:6 "Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment."
Psalms 78:65 "Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine."
Psalms 88:14 "Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?"
Psalms 35:23 "Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!"
Psalms 74:1 "God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?"
Psalms 77:7 "“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?"
Psalms 44:9 "But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies."
Isaiah 51:9 "Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab …"

Commentary

This style of addressing God, as indifferent, is frequent (Psa 3:7; Psa 9:19; Psa 13:1, &c.). However low their condition, God is appealed to, on the ground, and for the honor, of His mercy. Next: Psalms Chapter 45

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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