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Psalm 44:23 KJV
Psalms · chapter 44 · verse 23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.Psalm 44:23 · King James Version
Psalm 44:23 in context
21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sleepestyâshênproperly, to be slack or languidH3462 →
- Awakeʻûwrto wakeH5782 →
- ariseqûwtsto awakeH6974 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
- offzânachreject, forsake, failH2186 →
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The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go? I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and which he will certainly be the rewarder of. Two things they call God to witness to: - 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-26