Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 44:23
23Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don’t reject us forever!
Psalms 44:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
Context of Psalms 44:23
21wouldn’t God have found this out, since he knows the secrets of the heart? 22Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don’t reject us forever! 24Why do you hide and forget our affliction and oppression? 25For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:23 word by word
ע֤וּרָה׀ לָ֖מָּה תִישַׁ֥ן׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י הָ֝קִ֗יצָה אַל־תִּזְנַ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 44:23
- Psalms 7:6Rise up, Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries; awake for me; you have ordained a judgment.
- Psalms 12:5“Because of the devastation of the needy and the groaning of the poor, I will now rise up,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”
- Psalms 35:23Wake up and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
- Psalms 59:4For no fault of mine, they run and take up a position. Awake to help me, and take notice.
- Psalms 78:65The Lord awoke as if from sleep, like a warrior from the effects of wine.
- Isaiah 51:9Wake up, wake up! Arm of the Lord, clothe yourself with strength. Wake up as in days past, as in generations long ago. Wasn’t it you who hacked Rahab to pieces, who pierced the sea monster?
- Mark 4:38He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher! Don’t you care that we’re going to die?”
- Psalms 40:9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; see, I do not keep my mouth closed — as you know, Lord.
- Psalms 74:1Why have you rejected us forever, God? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 88:14Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide your face from me?
Commentaries on Psalms 44:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23A wake, why steepest thou, O Lord? - That is, Why dost thou appear as one asleep, who is regardless of the safety of his friends. This is a freedom of speech which can only be allowed to inspired men; and in their mouths it is always to be figuratively understood.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Awake, why sleepest thou? - This is a solemn and earnest appeal to God to interpose in their behalf, as if he were “asleep,” or were regardless of their sufferings. Compare Psalm 3:7, note; Psalm 7:6, note; Psalm 35:23, note. Arise, cast us not off for ever - Do not forsake us always. Compare Psalm 44:9. He had seemed to have cast them off; to have forgotten them; to have forsaken them utterly, and the psalmist, in the name of the people, calls on him not…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-26Verses 17-26 In afflictions, we must not seek relief by any sinful compliance; but should continually meditate on the truth, purity, and knowledge of our heart-searching God. Hearts sins and secret sins are known to God, and must be reckoned for. He knows the secret of the heart, therefore judges of the words and actions. While our troubles do not drive us from our duty to God, we should not suffer them to drive us from our comfort in God. Let us take…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23Wake up: Biblical authors often call for God’s attention in a crisis (Psalms 35:23; 44:23; 73:20; 80:2; Mark 4:38).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2623-26. This style of addressing God, as indifferent, is frequent (Psa 3:7; 9:19; 13:1, &c.). However low their condition, God is appealed to, on the ground, and for the honor, of His mercy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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