Psalms 44:23
(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
In Context
24(44-25) Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Cross References
Psalms 12:5(12-6) 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'
Psalms 44:9(44-10) Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
Psalms 74:1Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?
Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, that pierced 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 →