Psalms 44:23

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.”

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BSBPD

“Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Stir up--why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 44:23 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
  2. Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
  3. Psalms 35:23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
  4. Psalms 44:9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
  5. Psalms 59:4For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
  6. Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
  7. Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
  8. Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
  9. Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
  10. Isaiah 51:9Awake, 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 dragon?
  11. Mark 4:38But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”

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