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 DomainASVPD
“Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Stir up--why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 44:23 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- 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.”
- Psalms 35:23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
- Psalms 44:9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
- Psalms 59:4For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
- Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
- Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
- 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?
- 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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