Psalms 44:23
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
BSB
ASV
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.
KJV
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord. God sleepeth not, but the psalmist puts it so, as if on no other theory he could explain the divine inaction. He would fain see the great Judge ending oppression and giving peace to the holy, therefore does he cry "Awake; "he cannot understand why the reign of tyranny and the oppression of virtue are permitted, and therefore he enquires "Why sleepest thou?" Arise. This is all thou needest to do, one move of thine will save us. Cast us not off for ever.
The walk8
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Psalms 35:23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
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Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
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Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the…
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
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Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
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You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
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Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
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Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
leads to
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
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