New English Translation
Psalms 44:23
23Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not 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
21would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts? 22Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block. Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever! 24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated? 25For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed 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 7:6Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!
- Psalms 12:5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
- Psalms 35:23Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause!
- Psalms 59:4Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!
- Psalms 78:65But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.
- Isaiah 51:9Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?
- Mark 4:38But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to die?”
- Psalms 40:9I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true.
- Psalms 74:1Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 88:14O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to 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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