Psalms 44:23
Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
In Context
22But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
24Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
Cross References
Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.
Psalms 44:9Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
Psalms 74:1“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
Psalms 78:65But at length the Lord awaked as from sleep, As a hero who had been overpowered by wine;
Isaiah 51:9Awake! awake! clothe thyself with strength, O arm of Jehovah! Awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old!
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 →