Psalms 44:23

(44:24) Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22(44:23) But for thy sake are we slain all the day; we are counted as flocks [destined] for slaughter.

24(44:25) Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?

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Cross References

Psalms 12:5(12:6) Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord: I will grant safety to him for whom the other layeth a snare.

Psalms 44:9(44:10) But [now] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.

Psalms 74:1“A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?

Psalms 78:65Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord: awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of olden times. Art thou not it that struck down Rahab, that pierced the crocodile?

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 →

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