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Psalms 44:23

Psalms chapter 44 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

v.23This passage

v.24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 7:6

    Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

  • Psalms 74:1

    O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

  • Psalms 59:4

    They run and prepare themselves without my fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.

  • Psalms 78:65

    Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

  • Psalms 88:14

    Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

  • Psalms 12:5

    Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.