Psalms 44:23
Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
In Context
24Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
Cross References
Psalms 12:5Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?
Psalms 44:9In God shall we glory all the day long : and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
Psalms 74:1Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 78:65And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.
Isaiah 51:9Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:18-26
Israel's Appeal to God. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 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… Read the whole commentary →