Psalms 44:23 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 44:23

21 ^aWould not God search this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

22 ^aYet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 ^aAwake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

24 ^aWhy do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?

25 For ^aour soul is bowed down to the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.

26 Arise for our help,
And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.

Verse Comparison: Psalms 44:23

American Standard Version
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast `us' not off for ever.

Amplified® Bible
Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arouse Yourself, cast us not off forever!

Contemporary English Version
Wake up! Do something, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Don't desert us forever.

Darby English Version
Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

Good News Bible
Wake up, Lord! Why are you asleep? Rouse yourself ! Don't reject us forever!

King James Version
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

New American Standard Bible
Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever.

New International Version
Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

New King James Version
Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever.

Revised Standard Version
Rouse thyself! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake! Do not cast us off for ever!

Young's Literal Translation
Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

New English Translation
Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up!¹ Do not reject us forever!